One year left until deadline for Real ID driver license required for air travel

Except you have a passport or other federally appropriate ID

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Setting up May 3, 2023, you will want much more than a common Oregon driver license or ID card at airport safety checkpoints to board a flight in the U.S. You will want a True ID-compliant driver license or ID card, or a passport or other federally appropriate ID.

The Transportation Security Administration has a total checklist of identity paperwork it will take for air travel at TSA.gov.

If there is even a tiny opportunity you will will need to vacation by air in the potential, never hold out until eventually 2023 to make positive your ID is ready to fly. What if you get a unexpected wedding invitation? Or the sad information of a funeral?

“A year could seem like a lengthy time, but it isn’t when it arrives to issuing safe identification these as driver licenses, ID cards and passports,” DMV Administrator Amy Joyce claimed. “It can choose weeks to get the paperwork you have to have to qualify for a kind of ID that the TSA will take at airports.”

DMV workplaces in Oregon and across the region are fast paced, and the U.S. Office of Condition has a backlog for passport purposes and renewals. As the Serious ID deadline approaches, DMVs and the Condition Department will get busier. So defeat the hurry – get the Oregon Real ID possibility or a passport now.

Is your license or ID card expiring in the next 12 months?

You can renew your Oregon license or ID card up to 12 months just before your expiration day. If you have to have to renew in the upcoming 12 months anyway, why not do it early and add the Real ID solution? That would help you save you a second vacation to DMV or the wait for a passport.

Actual ID is optional in Oregon due to the fact you might previously have a passport, passport card, military services ID or other credential for air journey. But if you want the Genuine ID alternative on your Oregon driver license or ID card, do not wait right until you e book a flight.

How do I get the Serious ID selection in Oregon?

1. Make guaranteed you have the documents you want to qualify for Genuine ID. Make your very own checklist at Oregon.gov/Realid.
2. You must use for Actual ID in man or woman. You can stop by a DMV office or make an appointment at DMV2U.Oregon.gov.
3. Provide the paperwork on your checklist and your present license or ID card, and spend the $30 Actual ID charge in addition to the typical issuance, renewal or substitution cost.
4. Then the process is the exact same as a regular Oregon card: signature, get your photograph taken and obtain a paper interim card until your True ID plastic card comes in the mail in 5-10 small business days. You simply cannot use the interim card for air vacation.

“You may well presently have the ID you require for air journey,” Joyce stated. “But if you do not, please act now – get or renew your passport, or incorporate the Serious ID selection to your Oregon license or ID card. Oregon DMV offices are currently incredibly occupied, but they will get busier in 2023 simply because of True ID.”