REAL ID Online Pre-Verification Now Available for Eligible Customers

REAL ID Online Pre-Verification Now Available for Eligible Customers

3/1/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today opened online

application for REAL ID pre-verification for customers who are interested
in
obtaining a REAL ID and obtained their first driver's license or photo ID
card
after September 2003.

"Our goal is to offer REAL ID to our customers in a way that is
customer-focused and efficient," said Secretary of Transportation Leslie S.

Richards. "We are happy to offer these customers an opportunity to obtain a

voluntary REAL ID without having to visit a driver's license center."

PennDOT may already have electronic documents on file for approximately 35
percent of its total customers, individuals who received their first PA
driver's license or ID card after September 2003.

Starting today, PennDOT will begin sending postcards to eligible customers
inviting them to visit PennDOT's Driver and Vehicle Services website to
request
that PennDOT confirm their documents are on file. PennDOT customers without

internet access may call PennDOT's Customer Call Center at 717-412-5300 or
visit a PennDOT Online Messenger for assistance with pre-verification.

Once a customer has completed the pre-verification application process,
PennDOT
staff will review the customer's record and verify which documents are on
file.
The customer will receive follow-up communication from PennDOT regarding
the
status of their application. Customers are not pre-verified until they have

completed the online pre-verification process and received confirmation
from
PennDOT that all documents are on file.

If they are, PennDOT will mark the customer's record as "verified," and
after
REAL ID products are available in spring 2019, the customer can opt into
the
REAL ID program online, pay the one-time $30 fee, plus their renewal fee
(the
REAL ID product will include any time left on the current license plus the
period of renewal) and their REAL ID product will be sent through the mail,

eliminating any need for this customer to visit a Driver License Center.

If PennDOT does not have all the customer's documents on file, they will
receive communication from PennDOT informing them that they will need to
bring
their REAL ID documentation into any PennDOT Driver's License Center
beginning
in September 2018 for in-person pre-verification.

REAL ID is optional for Pennsylvania residents. 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.

Until May 2017, Pennsylvania law prohibited PennDOT from complying with the

federal REAL ID Act. Signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf, Act 3 of 2017
repealed this prior legislation and allowed PennDOT to seek REAL ID
compliance.

Pennsylvania is under an enforcement extension from the Department of
Homeland
Security (DHS) 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. Pennsylvania
will
continue to apply for extensions from DHS until becoming fully compliant
with
the REAL ID Act. PennDOT is committed to offering REAL ID products at the
customer's option in spring 2019.

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

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