DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Tuesday that the REAL ID full enforcement date is being extended by 19 months, from Oct. 1, 2021 to May 3, 2023.

(NEXSTAR) – The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that the proposed date to start enforcing Real ID-compliant identification for air travelers will be delayed by 19 months. DHS ...

The deadline is here for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's federal requirement for Real ID for domestic flights and entering federal facilities. Starting May 7, 2025, the Real ID Act will ...

The U.S. government said it's sticking to a May 7 deadline for Real ID compliance but will add in some flexibility to avoid major delays and other problems. Full enforcement is delayed until 2027.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was extending the deadline by roughly two years for air passengers to use a REAL ID when traveling. The agency announced on Monday it will ...

The REAL ID deadline was most first delayed a year from Oct. 1, 2020, to Oct. 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was then extended another 19 months from Oct. 1, 2021, to May 3, 2023.

What this means: Beginning May 7, Americans traveling domestically via commercial air will need a Real ID to board. As of now, according to the TSA, approximately 56 percent of driver’s licenses ...

The REAL ID Act was supposed to begin rolling out in 2008, “but has faced repeated delays due to state implementation challenges and the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Nina Ruggiero, senior ...

In March of 2020, Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced that COVID-19 had forced the DHS to push the October 1, 2020 Real ID target date back a year.