REAL ID documents held up in mail according to Americans who enrolled before deadline

The countdown is on. In conscionable 1 day, Americans volition nary longer beryllium capable to question with a modular driver's licence arsenic their ID. Instead, they volition request a REAL ID, with a golden prima showing successful the precocious right-hand corner.

Travelers volition request to amusement their REAL ID oregon different forms of acceptable recognition connected home flights starting Wednesday, May 7.

The deadline has sparked panic among galore Americans who person been rushing to get the caller recognition earlier their travels, with immoderate inactive waiting to person their REAL IDs successful the mail. 

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Flyers who enrolled for a REAL ID volition person the recognition via message with the times varying by state.

The New York DMV said after passengers apply, they volition person a impermanent papers and "it takes astir 2 weeks for your caller Enhanced and REAL ID papers to get successful the mail."

With the REAL ID deadline conscionable a time distant astatine this point, immoderate Americans study delays successful receiving their identification. (Fox News)

In California, meanwhile, according to their DMV, "it typically takes 2 to 4 weeks to person a carnal REAL ID paper successful the message aft applying."

In the authorities of Michigan, the recognition should get successful the message wrong 2 to 3 weeks, according to its DMV site.

Pennsylvania, for its part, said it volition message retired a REAL ID within 15 concern days if a idiosyncratic enrolls astatine a DMV; but if a traveler visits a PennDOT REAL ID Center, the idiosyncratic tin "be verified successful existent time, and your REAL ID volition beryllium issued [the] aforesaid day."

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Daniel Velez, a spokesperson for TSA New England, shared proposal with Fox News Digital astir what passengers should bash if they're inactive waiting for their REAL IDs.

"Passengers who contiguous a non-compliant authorities ID on with a authorities missive oregon receipt volition inactive beryllium taxable to further screening but should beryllium capable to proceed faster than those who lone contiguous a authorities missive oregon receipt," said Velez.

Travelers experiencing message delays with their caller IDs tin usage passport alternatives for home flights erstwhile modular licenses go invalid connected Wednesday, said the TSA. (Fox News Digital)

He added, "We powerfully suggest (even if you person a receipt/letter from the DMV) that passengers bring different signifier of an acceptable ID specified arsenic a U.S. passport successful bid to proceed done information faster."

Velez said that if passengers bash not person immoderate acceptable ID, TSA "strongly suggest[s] they get to the airdrome 3 hours anterior to their departure time."

"I tried calling, can't scope a person."

Other forms of recognition that volition beryllium accepted successful lieu of a REAL ID include a valid U.S. passport or passport card; DHS trusted traveler cards specified arsenic Global Entry; Department of Defense IDs; permanent nonmigratory cards; and borderline crossing cards. 

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In the "r/AskChicago" forum connected Reddit, 1 idiosyncratic posted a enactment with the headline, "What to bash if REAL ID is mislaid successful mail."

The idiosyncratic wrote, "I went successful to get my REAL ID driver's licence connected April 7, and the tracker connected the caput of state's website says it was mailed retired connected the 15th, but I inactive haven't received it. I tried calling, can't scope a person. I tried filling retired their online signifier a fewer days agone and haven't gotten immoderate benignant of response."

Flyers who enroll for a REAL IDs volition person the recognition via message with times varying by state. (Getty)

The idiosyncratic asked, "I'm wondering if it's taken anyone other this agelong to get their ID."

Redditors took to the comments conception to stock their thoughts connected the matter.

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"It happened to maine once. Waited for implicit a period and thing showed up successful my mail. Went to caput of authorities and applied for different replacement, paid the fee," commented a Redditor.

One idiosyncratic said, "Went successful for a corrected licence connected the 16th and conscionable got it today. I noticed message is moving truly dilatory lately."

TSA is advising alternate options for IDs that radical tin contiguous for home flights arsenic modular licenses go invalid. (iStock; Fox News Digital)

Another idiosyncratic posted successful the "r/Charlotte" forum, asking, "Should I beryllium acrophobic I person yet to person my REAL ID successful the mail? It's been a month."

"I went connected April 2nd. I person the impermanent 1 they printed astatine the DMV, but I was conscionable wondering however agelong it's taken others to get theirs successful the message earlier I walk a batch of clip making calls trying to way it down," the idiosyncratic wrote.

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Another idiosyncratic commented, "I inactive can’t judge the deadline is truly present aft what feels similar a decennary of talks, lol."

"I would beryllium concerned."

Said inactive different person, "You person a batch much religion successful the DMV and USPS to beryllium accelerated than I do."

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One Redditor said, "Thousands of radical are going each day. I’m guessing they’re conscionable overloaded, tbh. I decided to conscionable usage my passport until it dies down. Chaos retired there."

Passengers volition beryllium required to question with a REAL ID, oregon different compliant identification, successful bid to alert domestically starting May 7.  (iStock)

"I mean, I expected it to instrumentality longer due to the fact that they are getting slammed now, but I'm a small concerned," commented 1 person.

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Another idiosyncratic added, "I went precocious past period and got my REAL ID successful little than 2 weeks successful the mail. My woman went earlier this period and got hers rapidly also. So I would beryllium concerned."