Department of Homeland Security delays REAL ID deadline to 2025

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Department of Homeland Security delays REAL ID deadline to 2025

The government has already delayed the program several times.

ByMark Osborne
December 5, 2022, 11:55 AM

The Department of Homeland Security has delayed the deadline for air travelers to have a REAL ID another two years, the agency announced Monday.

The program, which was to begin in May 2023, will now not go into effect until May 7, 2025.

This is the third time the deadline has been extended.

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.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I had to shell out extra bucks and make a return visit to the DMV to get my license up to date. NT

[patphil]

2. Obviously it's not all that important.

It appears the states don't really think so, and the public isn't on board either.
Too many hoops to jump through.
It should be more of an automatic process for people who already have various forms of photo ID; especially people with a long history of well documented citizenship.
People already have many forms of ID for a wide variety of needs, from driver's licenses, to social security, to health care, to government jobs...and many more.
If the Federal Government wants this, let them do the work to assemble the needed information.

[zeusdogmom]

3. Time to just let this program fade into the sunset and go away

Poorly thought out and executed program with little benefit to society.