COLUMBUS – Today is the day big changes come to the process of getting new driver’s licenses and state ID’s in Ohio and they will not make people happy.
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Starting in October 2020, your old Ohio driver’s license won’t be enough to get you through security for a commercial flight in the United States.
You’ll need an enhanced license or identification card that complies with new federal security regulations and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles wants residents to start getting them soon, to avoid long lines or eventually being turned away at the airport so the state will begin issuing the new federally-compliant licenses and identification cards today.
Anyone wanting to get the compliant license (shown above) will need to bring some more documentation with them to the BMV to prove their legal name, residence and citizenship.
Acceptable documents include:
-original birth certificate (not a copy)
-passport
-Social Security card
-pay stub
-tax return
-utility bill
-bank statement
The federal Real ID Act, passed in 2005, mandates that state driver’s licenses meet certain standards when used for entering some federal facilities or boarding aircraft.