Fliers without a compliant ID will have to pay TSA $45 next year
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The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID or another compliant ID will face a $45 fee starting in February.

Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is intended to encourage travelers to obtain the ID.

REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that meets enhanced requirements mandated in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

  • thenextguy@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 months ago

    Beginning Feb. 1, travelers 18 and older flying domestically without a REAL ID and who don’t have another accepted form of ID on them, such as a passport, will pay the non-refundable fee to verify their identity through TSA’s alternative “Confirm.ID” system.

    • credo@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      Current list of acceptable IDs:

      • REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)

        • If you are not sure if your ID complies with REAL ID, check with your state department of motor vehicles.
        • A temporary driver’s license is not an acceptable form of identification.

      • State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) or Enhanced ID (EID)

      // “State-issued Enhanced Driver’s Licenses and identification cards (EDL/EID) are designated as acceptable border-crossing documents by DHS under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and are an acceptable alternative to a REAL ID”//

      • U.S. passport

      • U.S. passport card

      • DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)

      • U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents

      • Permanent resident card

      • Border crossing card

      • An acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards (ETCs)

      • HSPD-12 PIV card

      • Foreign government-issued passport

      • Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card

      • Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

      • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

      • U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential

      • Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)

  • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    3 months ago

    Your regular reminder:

    Passports, passport cards, Green Cards (i.e. PR cards), NEXUS and SENTRI cards, Military ID cards, work authorization cards, TWIC and VHIC cards, HSPD PIVs, and Tribal ID cards, are all REAL IDs.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    “Encourage”

    Force via financial penalty.

    Edit: forgot to mention, if you have a valid US passport you don’t need to spend the $ on a new Real ID if you use the passport as your ID.