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How exercise I tell if my license or ID card is REAL ID compliant?

Almost Colorado commuter licenses and identification cards have been Real ID compliant since 2012. However, some credentials such as CO-RCSA driver licenses and identification cards, don't accept a aureate or blackness star and are not REAL ID compliant.

New enforcement engagement for Real ID now May 3, 2023

What do I practice if my license/ID isn't Real ID compliant?

If you lot do not have a CO-RCSA driver license or ID card, so you may want to renew or supercede your credential. CO-RCSA driver licenses and IDs are for undocumented or temporarily legal immigrants and have a black imprint which reads "Not VALID FOR FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION, VOTING, OR PUBLIC Do good PURPOSES."

Do I have to get a Existent ID compliant credential?

No, but please notation that all Colorado driver licenses and ID cards, except CO-RCSA credentials, take been REAL ID compliant since 2012. Having a Existent ID compliant credential volition likely brand traveling easier for you. Starting October. 1, 2020, your non-compliant credential cannot be used to board flights or enter certain federal facilities, including military bases, nuclear facilities and some federal offices.

How do I fly commercially if I don't have or don't authorize for a REAL ID compliant credential?

Travelers who do not accept a Real ID may employ some other grade of acceptable documentation, such as a valid passport or military ID.

Real ID background information

Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act complies with the 9/11 Commission'southward recommendation that the federal government set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver licenses. The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver licenses and identification cards and prohibits federal agencies from accepting licenses and identification cards from states that do not meet these standards for official purposes, such equally at drome security checkpoints. The regulations established the deadline of October 1, 2020, to ensure full enforcement of the REAL ID Act. States have fabricated considerable progress in meeting this cardinal recommendation of the 9/eleven Commission. For more information on Existent ID, visit the Department of Homeland Security's website.