10 but I want to be able to fly after Oct. passport card to get back into the United States. You’ll need an enhanced ID or enhanced driver’s license, U.S.
It will still be valid for driving and most other identification purposes. Again, you won’t be able to get a Real ID until October. You’ll need more documentation than you do for a common driver’s license. To get a Real ID or one of the enhanced cards, you’ll have to go in person to a license bureau. Only the enhanced driver’s license can be used to drive, and it will replace your current driver’s license. They can also be used for land and sea border crossings with Canada, Mexico and some Caribbean nations, much like a passport card. They’ll get you on planes and into federal installations, just like a Real ID. Minnesota is one of only a few states to offer them. The Real ID driver’s license will replace your current driver’s license.Įnhanced driver’s license/enhanced ID card: These are available now. Any legal Minnesota resident can get the ID card. You can’t pre-order a Real ID, but you will be able to get one as soon as they become available, even if your current license isn’t expiring soon. Real ID: This is the new form of Minnesota driver’s license (or ID card) that will get you onto planes and into federal installations.
You can get these from Minnesota license bureaus issued by the Department of Public Safety’s division of Driver and Vehicle Services, aka “the DMV.” They are: Two different types of state IDs will also work. passport (or passport card) is the one that nearly every citizen can get. There are more than a dozen forms of ID other than driver’s licenses accepted by the federal Transportation Security Administration. WHAT IDs WILL LET ME GET ON A PLANE AFTER OCT. (International flights already require a passport.) The same standards will apply for entering nuclear power plants, military bases and many federal government installations (but not federal courthouses). Actually, you won’t be able to get past security to the terminal.
Your Minnesota license will be fine for driving anywhere, until it expires.īut for boarding a domestic flights, your standard driver’s license won’t work. It’s possible that deadline could be extended, but for now, it’s an important date.īefore Oct. Minnesota’s current deadline for compliance is Oct. A federal law passed in 2005 - the Real ID Act - forces states to change the way driver’s licenses are done (more security) in order to board domestic airline flights.