Central NY News REAL ID vs. Enhanced driver’s license: What you need to know as deadline nears Updated: Jan. 01, 2025, 12:43 p.m. | Published: Dec. 31, 2024, 11:55 a.m.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR) — New York State’s enhanced drivers license meets all REAL ID requirements, despite some TSA agents telling New York travelers it doesn’t. Lori Burke, a business ...

The deadline to obtain a Real ID is getting closer. Starting May 7, 2025, New York residents will need a Real ID to board domestic flights. If their driver’s license is not Real ID-compliant ...

An Enhanced Driver License (EDL), available to New York state residents since 2008, also must be obtained at a DMV office in person with documents proving your identity and residency. It costs $30 ...

Beginning May 3, 2023, everyone flying in the U.S. will need a REAL ID or another form of federally accepted identification such as a U.S. Passport or Enhanced Driver License.

A REAL ID is not needed if you have another TSA-approved form of identification, such as a passport or enhanced license. New York residents can apply for a REAL ID at their local DMV office.

In New York, an Enhanced license, permit or non-driver ID is also acceptable. And unlike a REAL ID, an Enhanced license can be used to cross the U.S. border by land or sea into Canada, Mexico and ...

By The Associated Press and NBC New York Staff • Published May 6, 2025 • Updated on May 6, 2025 at 8:11 am ...

Alternative identification, such as a passport or Enhanced license, is acceptable in place of a REAL ID. Applicants can still apply for REAL ID at their local DMV, even after the May 7 deadline.

What happens if you don’t get a REAL ID or an Enhanced driver’s license before the deadline? It might get more difficult to travel by plane in the U.S., for starters. You also might not be ...