# Deadline for Real ID for air travel pushed back until May 3, 2023: upd to May 7, 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-for-real-id-for-air-travel-pushed-back-until-may-3-2023-upd-to-may-7-2025/940875 "2021-04-27T19:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-for-real-id-for-air-travel-pushed-back-until-may-3-2023-upd-to-may-7-2025/940875/161 "2025-04-14T18:22:52Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > It’s also not unusual for such a bill to be in the name of ONE person residing at an address but not all the people there. In fact, that’s the typical arrangement. So one half of a married couple could use the utility bill to prove residence but the other is SOL. Which is why I put one utility in my wifes name. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-for-real-id-for-air-travel-pushed-back-until-may-3-2023-upd-to-may-7-2025/940875/162 "2025-12-02T17:50:08Z")
If you don’t have a Real ID or other form of acceptable ID such as a passport, soon it’s going to cost you $45 if you try to take a flight. > **[TSA will charge you a $45 fee if you travel without REAL ID](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/12/01/tsa-no-real-id-fee/87548248007/)** > > TSA began requiring travelers to present REAL IDs in early May, but not everyone has complied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-for-real-id-for-air-travel-pushed-back-until-may-3-2023-upd-to-may-7-2025/940875.md?page=8)