The Real ID deadline for air travel in the US is here, but there's still time to get one

Embed from Getty Images The requirement for all air travelers to have a Real ID-compliant driver license or IDs officially took effect on May 7, 20 years after the REAL ID Act was signed into law in May 2005. The Act was passed in response to 9/11 to set a "unified national standard" for secure identity documents and requires additional documentation be provided at the DMV. It was supposed to go into effect nationwide in 2020, after years of back and forth with the states. That, obviously, got pushed back because of the pandemic. Real IDs have a little star on the upper right-hand corner. . . .