PennDOT Reminds Pennsylvanians that Current Driver’s Licenses and ID Cards are Acceptable for Domestic Air Travel

PennDOT Reminds Pennsylvanians that Current Driver's Licenses and ID Cards
are Acceptable for Domestic Air Travel

1/18/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reminds customers
that
Pennsylvania is under an enforcement extension from the Department of
Homeland
Security until October 10, 2018, which means that Pennsylvanians may use
their
current driver's license or ID card to board commercial aircraft or enter
federal facilities that require ID until at least that date.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stated that beginning January
22,
2018, travelers who have driver's licenses issued by a state that is not
yet
compliant with REAL ID and that has not received an extension will need to
show
an alternative form of acceptable identification for domestic air travel.
Because Pennsylvania is currently under a REAL ID extension, travelers with

PennDOT-issued driver's licenses or ID cards may continue to use their
licenses
as usual.

"We understand that there is a lot of information out in the public about
REAL
ID," said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. "We want to assure
Pennsylvanians that their current licenses are acceptable for boarding
commercial flights and entering federal buildings."
A federally-accepted form of identification (whether it's the forthcoming
Pennsylvania REAL ID driver's license or ID card, a U.S. Passport/Passport
Card, a military ID, etc.) must be used as identification to board a
commercial
flight or visit a secure federal building on and after October 1, 2020.

PennDOT anticipates that REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses and ID cards
will
be available to customers that want them in spring 2019, and will continue
to
apply for extensions from DHS until becoming REAL ID compliant.

More information about REAL ID, including frequently asked questions and
information on documents required for REAL ID, can be found at
www.penndot.gov/REALID.

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