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The Real ID Act of 2005 (stylized as REAL ID Act of 2005) is an Act of Congress that establishes requirements that driver licenses and identification cards issued by U.S. states and territories must satisfy to be accepted for accessing federal government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.
The Real ID Act of 2005 created federal requirements for driver's licenses and ID cards issued by states and was originally supposed to take effect in 2008. The deadline was extended several times ...
The federal Real ID Act will take effect May 7, meaning a standard state-issued driver's license or identification card will no longer get people through airport security or into federal buildings.
The really real deadline to make your state-issued identified card, or driver’s license Real ID compliant will be here before you know it. And you won’t be fly domestically after 2025 without it.
[27] [28] These driver licenses are also accepted as identification for boarding airline flights in the United States even though they do not bear a star symbol indicating compliance with the Real ID Act. [29] However, neither driver licenses nor non-driver ID cards issued by the U.S. Department of State establish consular or diplomatic immunity.
Though the Real ID Act technically came into effect on May 11, 2008, there has been over a decade of delays on enforcement of the act. The most recent delay was from 2023 to the current ...
It has been years in the making, and now Real ID will be required for all travelers over age 18 who plan to fly around the country in 2025 and beyond.
The Real ID compliance is part of a larger act passed by Congress in 2005 to set “minimum security standards” for the distribution of identification materials, including driver’s licenses.