Updated: REAL ID Deadline Delayed to May 7, 2025, Due to Lingering COVID-19 Impact
Mar 12, 2020, 6:25 pm
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Updated: REAL ID Deadline Delayed to May 7, 2025, Due to Lingering COVID-19 Impact
Suggestions are being floated that DHS postpone REAL ID due to coronavirus. LA Times has one article but there are others also. Again I can't link or copy/paste from this device.
Mar 12, 2020, 6:57 pm
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One California State Senator mentioned that Covid issues might mean that the federal government would be forced to postpone the Real ID deadline. He has no say in the matter, he is one person in any event, and he did not have any more information than anyone on FT.
Mar 12, 2020, 7:11 pm
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This idea was mentioned in NJ today because of long lines at DMV offices exposing people to coronavirus.
Mar 12, 2020, 7:19 pm
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A postponement only kicks the can down the road. What needs to happen, in my opinion, is repeal of the legislation creating Real ID. Of course DHS has no say in that.
Mar 12, 2020, 9:52 pm
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I think what is more likely to happen is that DHS will postpone REAL ID using the Corona virus as a justification. Of course it won't be the actual reason, because it has been apparent for months that many states will not meet the deadline and there will be chaos at checkpoints. But the Corona virus gives the government a convenient excuse.
Mar 13, 2020, 9:51 am
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I think what is more likely to happen is that DHS will postpone REAL ID using the Corona virus as a justification. Of course it won't be the actual reason, because it has been apparent for months that many states will not meet the deadline and there will be chaos at checkpoints. But the Corona virus gives the government a convenient excuse.
Mar 13, 2020, 9:57 am
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If the feds do anything, it won't be until much closer to the deadline. That leaves anyone who needs or wants to travel and who doesn't have either a lot of time on their hands or an alternative ID such as GE / Passport, still at DMV.
Mar 13, 2020, 1:54 pm
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Wouldn't postponing now give everyone the greatest flexibility possible? They can continue with getting Real ID, or resolving documentation issues, while continuing to travel with whatever documents they now have.
Mar 14, 2020, 6:13 am
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Neither GE or a passport are obtained at a DMV. They never have been.
Mar 14, 2020, 5:25 pm
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I think you (and petaluma1) misread the poster's post. He never said that GE or a passport were obtained at the DMV. He said that since the Feds would likely make the change too late, that unless you already had a passport or GE, you would still have to go to the DMV to get a Real ID DL.
Mar 14, 2020, 6:48 pm
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The point is that if one has a Passport, GE card, or any other number of non-Real ID documents which meet the TSA requirements, you don't need to worry about obtaining a Real ID drivers license right now and can deal with it at some point down the road.
Mar 15, 2020, 12:32 am
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The demand for REAL ID ID to travel is down, as the demand for travel falls and the need for it to travel plummets..
Mar 15, 2020, 6:48 am
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https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus: "TSA will accept expired driver’s licenses a year after the expiration date"
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Mar 15, 2020, 6:55 am
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https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus: "TSA will accept expired driver’s licenses a year after the expiration date"
I’ve been using expired ID with the TSA often over the years. As long as it’s been expired less than a year, it has been fine for at least 13 years.
Mar 15, 2020, 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by TSA
TSA will accept expired driver’s licenses a year after the expiration date, plus 60 days after the duration of the COVID-19 national emergency.
