Articles About Images of Real ID

Pilgrim, now 26, had relied on her passport and social security card as proof of her identity for some time – however these don’t suffice with federal agencies, who require either a driver’s license or identification card bearing a star to enter certain government buildings and board commercial flights within the US. That is due to Congress passing in 2005 on recommendation of 9/11 Commission the REAL ID Act which sets minimum security standards for license issuance; federal agencies cannot accept driver’s licenses issued from states that don’t meet them for certain purposes.

Pilgrim spent weeks organizing her paperwork to comply with DMV’s new rules, ensuring her name was consistent across documents submitted to DMV (she also needed a passport and ensure her car registration and other papers displayed her address correctly).