Residents In Nine States Will Need Passports For Domestic Flights in 2018

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When traveling, it’s best to plan ahead whenever you can. For example, you may have thought you don’t need a passport because you don’t travel outside the United States. But for residents of nine states, that will change at the beginning of 2018 for any commercial flight, whether international or domestic.

As reported by Travel and Leisure, nine states will no longer allow travelers to board an airplane with just their state issued driver’s licenses as of January 22, 2018. To get past TSA security checkpoints, another form of identification will be required: passport, permanent resident card/green card or a military ID.

The Real ID Act of 2005 states that state-issued IDs from these nine states do not meet the minimum security standards of the federal government:

• Kentucky
• Maine
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Washington

Back in December, it was announced that signage would start being placed around the security checkpoints in airports to remind travelers of what is to come. With just a few months until the Real ID Act goes into full effect, it is time to start planning now and look into getting your passport.

Some states have started working on offering federally approved issued IDs that would not require a passport for domestic air travel. Check with your local government office to see if there is a different type of ID you can apply for.

These posters are huge reminders that 2018 is not nearly as far away as it seems. On January 22, 2018, the enforcement for those nine states will go into effect, and by 2020, even more people will end up needing a passport, as confirmed by the official website of the TSA.

This means that if you’re going to take a flight and you have a state-issued ID from one of those nine states, you will need a passport to go anywhere. That includes going to the next state, across the country, or even to Walt Disney World, as all domestic travel is included in these new standards.

Yes, traveling by air seems to have been made more difficult by the federal government, just as it has been made more complicated because of the need to remove our shoes at security check-in. But this new move is considered another way to make traveling safer, and another example of the new normal.

Again, to be clear, The Real ID Act is going to maintain that the residents of the nine included states must have another form of ID, most typically a passport, other than their state-issued driver’s licenses for international and domestic flights.

If this applies to you, start applying for a passport now. 2018 isn’t too far away. And there will be a last-minute rush for sure.

[Peter123]

i m exempt yay!!!

[WHAT]

washington vallu papam... 6 years license istaru ani kush aye vallu.... 

[TampaChinnodu]

amru gallaki saala mandiki passport vundadu naa matta

[TampaChinnodu]

2 minutes ago, WHAT said:

washington vallu papam... 6 years license istaru ani kush aye vallu.... 

Amazon dabbulu motham em sesthunnaro naa matta. security standard IDs implement seyyakunda. 

[siru]

•  
• Maine
• Pennsylvania
• Washington

the fcuk is wrong with these progressive states..

[princeofheaven]

3 minutes ago, siru said:

•  
• Maine
• Pennsylvania
• Washington

the fcuk is wrong with these progressive states..

PA govt is very lazy man. Fed standards ki memu meet avvalem ani cheppesaru. you can find how bad it is if you ever driven thru PA. The roads have more potholes than Hyd

[siru]

10 minutes ago, princeofheaven said:

PA govt is very lazy man. Fed standards ki memu meet avvalem ani cheppesaru. you can find how bad it is if you ever driven thru PA. The roads have more potholes than Hyd

i lived 2 years in PA..u r right the roads were bad. 

[perugu_vada]

Texas ledu, i am safe

[MRI]

most of you are wrong.. you don't need passports.. it is exaggeration.. if you fall under these states.. you need to carry another two alternate forms of government ids. can be many documents..

also many states that are not listed here r starting to issue real id drivers license in the future.. your current drivers liucenses need to be renewed.. meaning you need to repay govt and get a new identification.. me state ledu kada ni santoshapadakandi.. mee taggara vunna ids valid vundavu.. 

how to identify real id ??

me drivers license top right lo oka start vuntundi.. 

[MRI]

8 minutes ago, MRI said:

most of you are wrong.. you don't need passports.. it is exaggeration.. if you fall under these states.. you need to carry another two alternate forms of government ids. can be many documents..

also many states that are not listed here r starting to issue real id drivers license in the future.. your current drivers liucenses need to be renewed.. meaning you need to repay govt and get a new identification.. me state ledu kada ni santoshapadakandi.. mee taggara vunna ids valid vundavu.. 

how to identify real id ??

me drivers license top right lo oka start vuntundi.. 

https://www.azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/driver-services/arizona-voluntary-travel-id/overview

top at star on top right

[princeofheaven]

On 10/19/2017 at 9:03 PM, TampaChinnodu said:

Amazon dabbulu motham em sesthunnaro naa matta. security standard IDs implement seyyakunda. 

WA is liberal HQ they are by principle against creating an ID based on race  immigration status etc. Legals and illegals ki same 6 yr DL WA lo

[Pipucbn]

Add Massachusetts to that... ippudu isthunnaro ledo idea ledu appatlo 6 years icchevadu

[tennisluvr]

Maa North Carolina safe 

[MRI]

44 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Maa North Carolina safe 

 

3 hours ago, MRI said:

most of you are wrong.. you don't need passports.. it is exaggeration.. if you fall under these states.. you need to carry another two alternate forms of government ids. can be many documents..

also many states that are not listed here r starting to issue real id drivers license in the future.. your current drivers liucenses need to be renewed.. meaning you need to repay govt and get a new identification.. me state ledu kada ni santoshapadakandi.. mee taggara vunna ids valid vundavu.. 

how to identify real id ??

me drivers license top right lo oka start vuntundi..