Most travelers must have a REAL ID now to fly in US, or face extra screening

By OLGA R RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO AP REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly years of delays The day ahead of the deadline people lined up at executive offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs In Chicago functionaries established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments while authorities in California and elsewhere planned to continue offering extended hours for the crush of appointments I m here in the present day so I won t be right on the deadline which is the upcoming day noted Marion Henderson who applied for her REAL ID on Tuesday in Jackson Mississippi An employee right checks on necessary documents as people line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago Tuesday May AP Photo Kiichiro Sato Homeland Measure Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday assured people who don t yet have a REAL ID but need to take a domestic flight Wednesday that they will be able to fly after clearing additional identity checks Particular complained about the need to secure the ID after waiting in line for hours Michael Aceto waited in line at a DMV in King of Prussia in the Philadelphia suburbs for about two and a half hours Tuesday before getting his REAL ID It s a pain in the butt It s really a lot of time Everybody s got to take off from work to be here he revealed It s a big waste of time as far as I m concerned The Transportation Safeguard Administration warned people who don t have identification that complies with REAL ID requirements to arrive early at the airport and be prepared for advanced screening to avoid causing delays The new requirements have been the subject of plenty of Reddit threads and Facebook group discussions in newest weeks with numerous people expressing confusion about whether they can movement without a REAL ID sharing details about wait times and seeking advice on how to meet the requirements Noem notified a congressional panel that of travelers already have REAL IDs She commented safety checkpoints will also be accepting passports and tribal identification like they have already been doing Related Articles Wall Street points higher ahead of Federal Reserve interest rate call Disney parks thrive in second quarter and it adds million new streaming subscribers Federal Reserve faces tough balancing act between fighting inflation and spurring economic development WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden Mattel considers price hikes in response to tariffs after Trump says kids don t need a lot of dolls Those who still lack an identification that complies with the REAL ID law may be diverted to a different line have an extra step Noem announced But people will be allowed to fly she announced We will make sure it s as seamless as accomplishable REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that Homeland Assurance says is a more secure form of identification It was a recommendation by the Commission and signed into law in It was supposed to be rolled out in but the implementation had been repeatedly delayed The whole idea here is to better validate those individuals that were encountering a checkpoint to ensure they are who exactly they say they are noted Thomas Carter TSA s Federal Guard Director in New Jersey Carter announced those without a REAL ID should give themselves extra time to clear guard If they do that I do not have a belief that this will cause people to miss their flights if they take that additional time in he mentioned Besides serving as a valid form of identification to fly domestically people will also need a REAL ID to access certain federal buildings and facilities State leadership offices that issue driver s licenses and state IDs have seen a considerable increase in demand for REAL ID and a few have extended their office hours to meet the demand Various administrators have recommended people wait for a while to get REAL ID compliant licenses and cards if they don t have flight planned in the next scarce months We are encouraging people who have passports or other REAL ID-compliant documents and people who don t have voyage plans in the next sparse months to wait until after the current rush to apply for a REAL ID declared Erin Johnson a spokesperson with the Minnesota Department of Inhabitants Safety Johnson commented that the department has seen a crucial increase in demand for REAL ID in up-to-date weeks In February there were more than applications for a REAL ID that has nearly doubled to over in April she revealed Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana in Washington D C Janie Har in San Francisco and Joseph Frederick in Newark New Jersey and Tassanee Vejpongsa in King of Prussia Pennsylvania contributed to this story