There’s less than a month left before the REAL ID deadline .
Starting on May 7, everyone will need to have a REAL ID or another approved federally issued ID to board commercial flights or to enter certain federal buildings, military bases or nuclear power plants in the United States.
This impending REAL ID deadline has long been delayed. The requirement was introduced 20 years ago with the REAL ID Act of 2005. Since then, the enforcement deadline for REAL IDs has been kicked down the road for decades, leading us to the May 2025 date when REAL ID requirements will go into effect…