I wouldn't waste my time getting a REAL ID-compliant driving license. The passport and regular driving license work just fine, so I wouldn't even pay someone to hold a DMV spot for me to get one of these "enhanced" driving licenses.
Originally Posted by
cbn42
Currently, all driver's licenses are valid for domestic travel. However, after 2014 or 2017 (depending on your age), only REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses will be accepted.
I wouldn't be so sure about that, but that is why you posted the stuff about being repealed, modified, delayed. A lot of people in the US Congress are not going to want a lot of upset constituents whose tickets and/or travel plans get spoiled because of DHS/TSA. Not in 2014 nor in 2017.
Originally Posted by
cbn42
Other than that, the only benefit to an enhanced license is the ability to drive across the border to Canada/Mexico without a passport.
People are able to drive across the US-Canadian and US-Mexican border without a passport even if without an "enhanced" (REAL ID-surrender monkey compliance) driving license. The US government continues to routinely process US citizens and LPRs as US persons at US ports of entry even if without a passport/passport card and without an "enhanced" driving license. The Canadians and Mexicans still process US citizens at surface border crossings even if without both too. The regular state issued photo ID + birth certificate approach is still working, despite the implied intimidation tactics used by the scaremongering WHTI supporters.