Who are the idiots that create this nonsense?
Every driver license in the USA qualifies as a REAL ID. Your expired driver license from 10 years ago, probably doesn’t(A few did though).
Every passport qualifies as a REAL ID.
Every Global Entry Card qualifies as a REAL ID.
There are a ton more IDs that qualify. Your coupon discount card from Piggly Wiggly does not qualify, so if that’s all you’ve got, you’re in dutch.
Enforcement of this at airports could get real interesting.
The problem is that NOT all drivers licenses qualify as Real ID. There are states that give drivers licenses to illegals ... still. Some, like WA State give you a choice of a Real ID drivers license or a traditional license. No proof of ID other than a utility bill for traditional license. This will basically do away with that practice.
(Every driver license in the USA qualifies as a REAL ID. )
Mine did not
I had a state ID that was REAL ID.
I had to surrender it to get REAL ID on my DL.
Now you can no longer have both even if one isn’t REAL ID.
I used my state ID when I did a 4473 or other non-automobile things, like a cash advance (electronic check (.
Dammit. Now what am I gonna' do?
You’re incorrect. A handful of states (e.g., California, New York) are still issuing non-REAL ID driver’s licenses which don’t require proof of citizenship. That’s a big problem.
I had the option to do an online renewal without a personal visit for a standard DL, but it would not then be acceptable as a "Real ID" where/when required.
Every driver license in the USA qualifies as a REAL ID. Your expired driver license from 10 years ago, probably doesn't(A few did though).
Every passport qualifies as a REAL ID.
Every Global Entry Card qualifies as a REAL ID.
There are a ton more IDs that qualify. Your coupon discount card from Piggly Wiggly does not qualify, so if that's all you've got, you're in dutch.
The rise of the illegal alien nation has completely destroyed the value of IZd in our country.
if you are tuned into the fraudulent ID networks you can get a completely new identity complete with a drivers license and a rented or stolen social security number in a week or so for a couple of thousand dollars.
In a matter of weeks you can be receiving welfare via EBTs under multiple fake identities. You also qualify for free health care under the government's medicaid system
You can start a fly by night landscaping or construction business with some of the welfare benefits to supplement your income, buy a truck under your fake ID , pay no insurance or license fees, hire a few other illegals and pay them cash and undercut legit contractors,
When you get caught, you just abandon your truck, close your bank account out and go on to start the process with the next fake identity You get into an accident with an illegal alien or even an American citizen operating under a fake identity. They don't have any insurance so they get a ticket, abandon their vehicle and they just go and get another fake ID and start the process over again -sticking you with the thousand to hundreds of thousand of dollars in repair and medical bills.
I know a family who have a son who was recently hit by a drunk illegal alien with no auto insurance and a false identity. The illegal alien was arrested and let out of jail with no bond and he just up and disappeared after release presumably to get another false ID to live under until he gets into another accident and repeats the process of arrest, getting released on zero bail and moving on to a new identity. The kids family was faced with crushing hospital bills to save the sons life that quickly blew through their auto and health insurance limits. They have went through their life's savings and are selling their home to pay medical bills. It's insane.
In California's LA County illegal aliens and the underground economy are becoming the dominant economy and half of LA Counties 50 billion dollar annual budget is siphoned off in supporting illegal aliens, theft of government funds and welfare fraud of one form or another.
There is a huge, well funded false idenity industry in American due to our illegal alien invasion.
We have so much fake ID out there generating so much fraud that we have to have a new verified ID just to have ID that means anything at all.
Not all driver’s licenses are considered Real IDs. Those states that have motor voter laws, CA,IL, NY, and a host of others do not require a birth certificate as is required in NC, and MO. The DL must have a gold emblem somewhere on the ID. Passports require a birth certificate.
Not if it was issued in one of the banana republic states.
Does this make it harder for illegals to fly?