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Beginning in May, you'll need a Real ID to fly, unless you have a passport. Here's what you'll need, and how to tell if you have a Real ID.
Any traveler who is 18 years or older who plans to fly domestically or visit certain federal facilities will require a Real ID, or an alternative acceptable form of identification, such as a passport.
Once the REAL ID requirements take effect after the new deadline of May 7, 2025, travelers boarding flights in the U.S. – whether domestic or international – will be required to have a REAL ID ...
The Real ID Act of 2005 (stylized as REAL ID Act of 2005) is an Act of Congress that establishes requirements that driver licenses and identification cards issued by U.S. states and territories must satisfy to be accepted for accessing federal government facilities, nuclear power plants, and for boarding airline flights in the United States.
No national identity card [clarification needed]. New Zealand: No national identity card. Acceptable documents for proof of identification may include passports, firearms licences, driving licences, a SuperGold (senior citizen's) card. Kiwi Access (18+) cards can be used for proof of age. Tuvalu: No national identity card.
The United States passport card is an optional national identity card and a travel document issued by the U.S. federal government in the size of a credit card. [3] Like a United States passport book, the passport card is only issued to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals exclusively by the U.S. Department of State.
Any traveler over the age of 18 that does not have another TSA-approved form of identification to fly domestically must have a Real ID compliant identification card or driver's license by May 7, 2025.
Prior to 1986, it was common to apply for a SSN shortly before it might be needed, most often when a teenager. Tax reform acts of 1986, 1988, and 1990 required parents to supply the SSN of children over age 5, 2, or 1 respectively, to receive an income tax deduction for the child. This led to parents applying for their children's SSN at birth.