New Rule: Residents In Some States May Need Passports For Domestic Flights In 2018

[Kobi]

At this moment all states that are non-compliant with The Real ID Act had an extension that expired on October 10, 2017.

All these states with an extension have been given a grace period until January 22, 2018.

All non-compliant states are currently under review for possible extension (with the added exception of Virginia, whose extension is now valid until OCT 10, 2018).

At this point no can say what states are at risk until the review of state's extensions has been completed.

The Real ID Act 2005 states that state-issued IDs from these states do not meet the minimum security standards now set by the federal government:

Kentucky
Maine
Missouri
Montana
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Washington

Whatever the outcome, it is time to start planning now and look into getting your passport.

Some states have started working on offering federally approved issued IDs that would not require a passport for domestic air travel. Check with your local government office to see if there is a different type of ID you can apply for, and the TSA website to clarify this situation. And by 2020, even more people may end up needing a passport, as confirmed by the official website of the Transportation Security Administration.

To repeat, if you’re going to take a flight and you have a state-issued ID from one of the states listed above, unless your state has made federally approved changes before January, it would be safest to use a passport to go anywhere across the country, as all domestic travel is included in these new standards.

Forbes

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Real ID Act
The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards. The purposes covered by the Act are: accessing Federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft.

There is a map of all the states and their current status. As usual, its confusing.

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Oh goodie. More hoops.

[Deborah*]

Kobi,

Thank you for posting this.
I will be going to England and it reminds me of the importance to plan in advance.

Deborah