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If you want to use your Pennsylvania driver's license or photo ID as identification for these purposes, you may want to consider getting a REAL ID when they're available. Passport/Passport Card, military ID, etc.) must be used as your identification to board a commercial flight or visit a secure federal building on and after May 1, 2023. While processes and procedures required by DHS to issue a REAL ID card differ from standard-issued cards, the non-REAL ID cards will be produced using the same security features.Ī federally accepted identification (whether it's a Pennsylvania REAL ID driver's license or identification card, U.S.

WILL THE NON-REAL ID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD BE LESS SECURE? Periodic design and security updates are standard business practice for PennDOT, and it was in the best interest of our customers to continue that important work despite prior legislation prohibiting REAL ID compliance. I JUST RENEWED MY LICENSE AND GOT THE NEWLY DESIGNED VERSION. Preliminary work has begun and PennDOT anticipates that REAL ID-compliant documents will be available at the customer's option by Spring 2019. Act 3 of 2017 repealed this prior legislation and allowed PennDOT to seek REAL ID compliance. Until May 2017, Pennsylvania law prohibited PennDOT from complying with the federal REAL ID Act. WHY DID PENNDOT WAIT SO LONG TO BEGIN THE REAL ID PROCESS? PennDOT is working to develop a deployment plan that will make REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses and identification cards available to Pennsylvania residents by Spring 2019. WHAT IS PENNDOT'S PLAN TO ENSURE THAT PENNSYLVANIA IS COMPLIANT WITH REAL ID REGULATIONS? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EXTENSION IN 2023?īeginning May 1, 2023, Pennsylvanians will need a REAL ID-compliant license, identification card or an acceptable alternative identification as approved by TSA to board domestic commercial flights or enter a federal facility without a secondary form of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved identification PennDOT's current extension lasts until May 1, 2023. Current PennDOT-issued driver's licenses and identification cards will remain acceptable identification for boarding domestic commercial flights as long as an extension is in place. The extension means that current PennDOT-issued driver's licenses and identification cards can be used to enter federal facilities and board domestic commercial flights through October 10, 2020.ĬAN I BOARD A PLANE WITH THE LICENSE I HAVE NOW? ***DUE TO COVID-19, THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 1, 2023***

PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENSION TO THE REAL ID ACT THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2020. 11, 2001, that establishes specific minimum federal standards for state-issued driver's licenses and ID cards to be accepted for certain federal purposes, like entering a federal building or boarding a domestic commercial flight. The REAL ID Act is a federal law passed by Congress after Sept.