Real ID

Full Title or Meme

A Real ID is a name that has meaning to the US Federal Government.

Context

• Not to be confused with Real Identifier, which is typically a person's Legal Name.

Problems

• States are not pushing the holders of driver's licenses to pay extra time and money for Real ID.

Solutions

2024-10 Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies for Official Purposes: Waiver for Mobile Driver's Licenses FR Document: 2024-23881 Citation: 89 FR 85340 PDF Pages 85340-85386 (47 pages)

Abstract: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending the REAL ID regulations to waive, on a temporary and State-by-State basis, the regulatory requirement that mobile or digital driver's licenses or identification cards (collectively "mobile driver's licenses" or "mDLs") must be compliant with REAL ID requirements to be accepted by Federal agencies for official purposes, as defined by the REAL ID Act, when full enforcement of the REAL ID Act and regulations begins on May 7, 2025.

References

Synonyms: Legal Name