REAL ID DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 2021
April 10, 2020
On March 26, 2020, Chad Wolf, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the Trump Administration will be extending the REAL ID deadline by an additional year until October 1, 2021. The REAL ID requirements are intended to establish minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting those minimum standards. The deadline extension is in part due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and the nationwide closing of many DMVs. DHS is expected to publish a notice in the Federal Register confirming the deadline extension in the next few days.
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