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Reminder: You’ll Need Federal Government
‘Real ID’ if You Want to Fly in 2025

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Posted By: Imright, 12/31/2024 1:45:54 PM

It’s Dec. 31, and we’re all busy contemplating just what lies ahead in 2025. Some of the changes will be predictable. For instance, we will have a president who will know he’s president starting on Jan. 20. Some of the changes, however, aren’t as heavily advertised as others — and one of them might not be as welcome as you’d like, particularly if you don’t have a so-called “Real ID.” You’ve probably forgotten about the “Real ID.” Back in 2005 — four years after 9/11 — Congress passed an act requiring new federal standards for identification, both making the cards more secure and harder to obtain.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 12/31/2024 1:54:04 PM (No. 1864276)
Yep, in order to get my driver's license renewed, I have a list of the ridiculous paperwork I need to present, multiple kinds of identification, and even a passport isn't enough by itself. And NO ID AT ALL is required to vote in many states. But you can't get on an aircraft or enter a federal building without a super, triple dog, extra special, bonded in the bottle driver's license "Real ID".
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Reply 2 - Posted by: TrueBlueWfan 12/31/2024 2:10:51 PM (No. 1864287)
But illegals are ushered on through.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: RobertJ984 12/31/2024 2:25:21 PM (No. 1864291)
"Harder to obtain" But not impossible
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Reply 4 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 12/31/2024 2:47:47 PM (No. 1864302)
Not a problem for me. I'm not planning on flying at anytime in the future. My car is more comfortable, I have more room and I don't have to pay for my luggage to come with me!!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mc squared 12/31/2024 3:07:26 PM (No. 1864312)
But not to vote in some states. You would think the opposition to ID was designed for millions of illegals.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: FLCracker 12/31/2024 3:32:14 PM (No. 1864321)
"...O’Connor was born in Canada to American citizens and, despite, the fact that he had lived in the United States for seven decades and been driving in it for 61 years, he’d basically been told he was a non-citizen who couldn’t drive." I want to know how he has lived in the U.S. more than 70 years, and not having a birth certificate in only a problem NOW? You just now noticed you didn't have one? I've had one since I was six and was registered for elementary school I think is parents were just plain lazy. It's not like the Canadian and US governments don't have to handle international births all the time. A high school friend was born in Yokahama, Japan, to US civilian parents. They figured it out and they didn't even speak the local language.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Axeman 12/31/2024 4:31:05 PM (No. 1864340)
Passports are still good. It turns out that a "Real ID" is as secure as a Social Security card.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: LadyHen 12/31/2024 4:37:36 PM (No. 1864343)
Passports, Passport cards, Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST all work as well. I have both a passport and Global Entry so no way I am dealing with the 12th level of Hell that is a the DMV in Tennessee again (last time I had to go for just a new picture took 8 hours!) until I am forced to.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: JimBob 12/31/2024 6:19:07 PM (No. 1864376)
#5, you Broke the Code!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bighambone 12/31/2024 8:58:51 PM (No. 1864420)
Chances are since O’Connor was born in Canada to US citizen parents he is actually considered to be a derivative US Citizen. What he needs to do is get copies of his parent’s USA birth certificate along with his Canadian birth certificate and apply to the US Immigration authorities for a certificate of citizenship. With a certificate of citizenship he should be able to get a so-called Real ID.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: hershey 12/31/2024 9:36:44 PM (No. 1864434)
Yep, but they load planes with illegals and fly them to red states, and let them flow across the border unchecked, and give them handouts, free health care and 'walkabout' money...curse them to hell...
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Strike3 1/1/2025 7:48:36 AM (No. 1864556)
Got one but I won't be flying again. Thanks anyway.
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