Category: Real ID

Homeland Security: Deadline for Real IDs Extended Until 2025

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pushing the deadline for Real IDs by two years, meaning Americans will have until 2025 to get their new identification cards. The DHS announced in a press release Dec. 5 it’s moving the Real ID deadline to May 2025 citing the “lingering impacts” of the COVID-19 pandemic…


Californians Have Less Than a Year to Get a Real ID

California residents have less than a year to get their Real ID cards. United States travelers must have the new ID card by May 3, 2023 if they’re planning on using a state-issued ID to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Real ID is a federally accepted form of identification, and in California…