Deadline looming to upgrade your ID to be REAL ID compliant.

There are only a few weeks left to upgrade your license or state-level ID to be REAL ID compliant. Starting May 7, 2025, state-level ID cards, such as driver’s licenses, won’t be accepted for federal purposes, such as getting through airport security, unless they are a REAL ID. The federally-mandated switch was originally signed into law by Congress in 2005. The law, established four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in response to federal calls for higher security standards in the U.S., has been looming for nearly two decades.