Some states are seeing large strains at Division of Motor Automobiles (DMV) places as vacationers scramble to get their REAL IDs previous to the Could 7 deadline. Others, not a lot.
FOX Information Multimedia Reporter Asher Redd was stay exterior a DMV in Antioch, Tennessee, on FOX 35 Orlando Monday morning, the place a line of about 200 individuals stood behind him.
Redd mentioned states like Illinois, Pennsylvania and Tennessee have a number of the longest strains and appointment wait lists by way of at the very least July.
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There in Tennessee, he reported some DMVs are open six days per week in hopes of getting everybody the identification vacationers from U.S. airports and people getting into some federal buildings will want.
California is in an identical boat, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported, the place some workplaces are opening an hour early by way of June 27 for many who began the method on-line and made appointments.
A REAL ID signal is seen at Denver Worldwide Airport, April 2025. (Fox Information Digital)
In the meantime, Florida isn’t seeing the identical rush. Some individuals who stay within the Sunshine State can skip DMVs altogether, and get their drivers’ licenses on the native tax collector’s workplaces.
“We are fortunate in Florida since amendment 10, the local tax collectors in the state have done a phenomenal job to ensure the citizens have gotten their Real ID compliance completed,” a spokesperson for the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Workplace advised Fox Information Digital.
A pattern driver’s license that’s REAL ID compliant. (DC DMV)
“Here in Seminole County there are only about 4000 people that have yet to complete it, which is less than 1% of the population,” the assertion mentioned.
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As a substitute of heading to the DMV, the founder and CEO of ItsEasy.com Passport and Visa companies recommends acquiring a passport card.
TSA checkpoint safety screening with REAL ID signal at Miami Worldwide Airport. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Common Pictures Group by way of Getty Pictures)
“The last-minute rush to obtain a REAL ID Driver’s License is leading to long delays at the DMV and causing unnecessary stress amongst travelers,” David Alwadish mentioned in an announcement. “The credit-card sized U.S. passport card is a convenient, secure and affordable alternative.”
“For added security, I love that, unlike a DMV-issued ID, it does not have your address on it for strangers to know where you live,” Alwadish added.
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The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) continues reminding Individuals “that starting Wednesday, May 7, 2025, every air traveler 18 years of age and older will need to have a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver’s license, instruction permit or identification card or another acceptable form of ID to board a U.S. commercial aircraft,” in accordance with media releases.
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REAL IDs have a star within the higher right-hand nook, TSA mentioned.
As soon as enforcement begins, the TSA mentioned unprepared vacationers arriving at TSA checkpoints ought to anticipate delays.
