US Travelers Have a Year to Get Their REAL ID

US Travelers Have a
Year to Get Their REAL ID.
The REAL ID law goes
into effect on Oct. 1, 2020.
As stipulated by the REAL ID Act
passed by Congress in 2005, the law
requires the enhancement of U.S. driver's
licenses with a star at the top.
In most states, having the star added
to a driver's license at the DMV requires
presenting a birth certificate, Social Security
card and two forms of address verification.
According to the U.S. Travel
Association, 75% of Americans
currently do not have the REAL ID.
If you don't have one of the compliant IDs, either a REAL ID or one of the alternatives, like a passport, you're actually gonna be turned away at the checkpoint and you're not going to be allowed to board your flight, Erik Hansen, VP U.S. Travel Association, via NPR News.
On the day the REAL ID law
goes into effect, 78,000 people will
potentially be turned away by TSA. .
Although passports and military IDs
will continue to be accepted, many
are still expecting a disastrous day of
travel once the law goes into effect.
Most people don't have a passport. And most people are not in the military or veterans, so it's going to be that driver's license nine times out of 10, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), via NPR News