Timeline for How quickly can I get an ID that will allow me to fly within the US?
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 18:09 | comment | added | johnVonTrapp | Minor clarification, Homeland Security is in charge of enforcing REAL ID act, not TSA specifically. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 16:45 | comment | added | dwizum | Fair enough, I don't live in California and have never used their system. I do think it's worth mentioning in the broader sense though, since others may find it useful in other states. Here in NY for instance, I can go online, get an appointment for later today at any of the nearby DMV offices, and totally skip the line (which is often a few hours' wait). | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 16:27 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @dwizum Good thought, but OP needs a same-day appointment, and that system doesn't even offer a same week appointment. Or even same-month appointment IME. Seriously. I cannot overstate how incompatible that system is with OP's need. Flipping seriously, did I say "month"? I meant "quarter". I just fact checked myself. The system gave me an appointment next quarter (April 20) and it's January. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 14:08 | comment | added | dwizum | You spend some time in your answer talking about arriving early at the DMV and waiting in lines. That's definitely good advice, but California (and most other states AFAIK) offer online appointment booking, which lets you pick an arrival time from home. This really takes the guesswork out of wondering how long you'll wait or what the crowds will be like. Might be worth editing it into your answer: dmv.ca.gov/wasapp/foa/… | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 8:49 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @user102008 "same documents".... Ok. Edited. "Tightened up"... Yes, they have tightened up. I could not get a license today with the documents I presented when I got my license then, or even, documents I have or ever had available to me. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 8:47 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 7:37 | comment | added | user102008 | "so they have tightened up on the documents you require for plain IDs also" If by "plain ID" you mean a California non-REAL ID (federal non-compliant) driver's license or state ID, as far as I can tell, the documentation requirements for those (linked in previous comment) are essentially the same as the requirements for driver's licenses and state IDs from before REAL ID was rolled out. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 7:31 | comment | added | user102008 | "so they're requiring the same documents for a plain ID as a REAL ID" Not sure what you mean by "plain ID". But the document requirements for a California REAL ID driver's license or state ID and for a California non-REAL-ID (federal non-compliant) driver's license or state ID are pretty different. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 6:36 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @phoog forgot he had a passport still valid. Edited. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 6:29 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 6:16 | comment | added | phoog | "they will need to switch everyone over...": they don't need to. New York isn't, for example. Also, if the passport is still valid tomorrow, there should be no need for a birth certificate. | |
| Jan 22, 2019 at 6:11 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 5:57 | history | edited | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 5:52 | history | answered | Harper - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |