Sounds like bringing your passport solves the problem completely. Something that has always been a good idea.
Most people in the US don’t actually have a passport.
“Most” people do. 51%. I thought it would be lower, too.
My employer required me to get mine (every employee, not just me). They paid for it, so I’m not complaining. My wife also decided to get hers as well, and then trump dropped the voter identification bullshit EO. What timing.
That actually surprises me as well. I’m impressed.
However what you presented are statistics for American citizens.
If you were to include the roughly 3 percent of people living in the USA that are undocumented, that pushes it below the 51 percent “most people” number. those 12 million people may or may not have a valid passport.
As a side point, the actual number of undocumented residents is hard to pin down. 3 percent is an estimate, but still a significant number.
Yeah I’ve never had one. Too poor to leave this hellhole
I’m glad I got one… we were supposed to go to Myanmar for a big wedding, but got shut down for covid, aaand they got hit with a military coup. :(
Passport’s still good though!
never got it renewed after like 10-15 years ago, you have to reapply all over again.
Passport or passport card if you’re on a domestic flight.
One day, the divers license works fine, the next day it turns into an arduous process. What exactly changes about the
probabilityprovability of your identity?I’d love to hear what the full processes for checking IDs are in all three cases: RealID, Drivers License, Drivers License after RealID is required.
Nothing really, it’s just a way for the federal government to expand control and tracking of people.
The documentation required to obtain a REAL ID is federally mandated (proof of identity, citizenship, and residency), whereas previously all states kinda did their own thing. Additionally, there are required verification services for those documents (when possible), e.g. passports have to get verified through the US Passport Verification System, etc.
Happy to share more, if you’re interested :)
its needlessly convoluted.
The fact it requires more reliable documentation is?
It’s a poll tax even if the fee is inconvenience.
It’s been a while since I’ve flown from the US, but in Canada you don’t show ID until you’re boarding. Is don’t remember it being different, but I guess something must have changed?
In the US you show your ID to TSA at the security check point.
What? You have to show ID art the ticket counter or kiosk to get your boarding pass. Security usually only looks at the boarding pass, then you have to show ID at the gate. That’s how it’s been in Canada as long as I can remember.
Yeah, people don’t consider it as showing ID when you scan it at an automated kiosk to get your boarding pass even though it is.
I usually just get my boarding pass by email, which doesn’t require ID, and at the kiosk you can just do it with your reservation number.
I’ve had to show it at both security and boarding for a few years now. Both domestic and international.
