In case you’ve traveled in latest days, you could have possible seen TSA indicators within the airport reminding vacationers of latest identification necessities that may start in January 2018. On account of a regulation handed by Congress in 2005, the Actual ID Act establishes a brand new set of safety necessities for state-issued identification playing cards and driver’s licenses. As of the start of 2017, 9 states have did not adjust to these requirements.
These non-compliant states are:
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Washington
If these states stay old-fashioned, residents shall be required to current an alternate ID previous to boarding a home flight efficient January 22, 2018. Accepted alternate options could embody:
- U.S. passports or passport card
- Everlasting resident card
- Trusted-traveler card
- Army ID
[See the TSA Identification page for a complete list]
Just a few different states and territories aren’t at present compliant however have obtained an extension to the Actual ID Act. These states have till October 2020 to replace their identification strategies:
- American Samoa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Northern Mariana Islands
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Virgin Islands
