Some states see REAL ID crowd rush, others quiet as deadline looms

Some states are seeing monolithic lines astatine Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) locations arsenic travelers scramble to get their REAL IDs anterior to the May 7 deadline. Others, not truthful much.

FOX News Multimedia Reporter Asher Redd was unrecorded extracurricular a DMV successful Antioch, Tennessee, connected FOX 35 Orlando Monday morning, wherever a enactment of astir 200 radical stood down him. 

Redd said states similar Illinois, Pennsylvania and Tennessee person immoderate of the longest lines and assignment hold lists done astatine slightest July. There successful Tennessee, helium reported immoderate DMVs are unfastened six days a week successful hopes of getting everyone the recognition travelers from U.S. airports and those entering immoderate national buildings volition need.  

California is successful a akin boat, FOX 11 Los Angeles reported, wherever immoderate offices are opening an hr aboriginal done June 27 for those who started the process online and made appointments. 

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A REAL ID motion is seen astatine the Denver Airport. (Fox News)

Meanwhile, Florida is not seeing the aforesaid rush. Some radical who unrecorded successful the Sunshine State tin skip DMVs altogether, and get their drivers' licenses astatine the section taxation collector's offices.

"We are fortunate successful Florida since amendment 10, the section taxation collectors successful the authorities person done a phenomenal occupation to guarantee the citizens person gotten their Real ID compliance completed," a spokesperson for the Seminole County Tax Collector's Office told Fox News Digital via email. 

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A illustration driver's licence that is REAL ID compliant.  (DC DMV)

"Here successful Seminole County determination are lone astir 4000 radical that person yet to implicit it, which is little than 1% of the population," the connection said. 

Instead of heading to the DMV, the laminitis of passport and Visa services ItsEasy.com recommends obtaining a passport card.

TSA checkpoint information screening with REAL ID motion astatine Miami International Airport.  (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"The last-minute unreserved to get a REAL ID Driver's License is starring to long delays astatine the DMV and causing unnecessary stress amongst travelers," David Alwadish said successful a statement. "The credit-card sized, U.S. passport paper is simply a convenient, unafraid and affordable alternative."

"For added security, I emotion that, unlike a DMV-issued ID, it does not person your code connected it for strangers to cognize wherever you live," Aldawish added.

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues reminding Americans "that starting Wednesday, May 7, 2025, every aerial traveler 18 years of property and older volition request to person a REAL ID-compliant state-issued driver’s license, acquisition licence oregon recognition paper oregon different acceptable signifier of ID to committee a U.S. commercialized aircraft," according to media releases.

REAL IDs person a prima successful the precocious right-hand corner, TSA said. 

Once enforcement begins, the TSA said unprepared travelers arriving astatine TSA checkpoints should expect delays.