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The passport card and book are accepted as alternatives to a REAL ID-compliant state license for domestic flights.
ICE policy and practice in 2025 treats a narrow set of federal and state-issued documents—most centrally the U.S. passport and formal naturalization/citizenship certificates—as the clearest, probative...
Nineteen U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, currently permit some or all undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses or driving privilege cards, according to multiple ...
Yes — a passport card is an acceptable primary identity document when applying for a state -compliant driver’s license or identification card: the explicitly states that both the passport book and pas...
A federal REAL ID framework requires state-issued driver’s licenses to meet security standards to be accepted for boarding commercial flights and entering certain federal facilities; non‑REAL ID cards...
Tribal identification cards can serve as official documentary evidence in some federal and state programs—but they are not universally sufficient to prove U.S. citizenship on their own, and acceptance...
Five U.S. states — Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Vermont — currently issue Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDLs), and federal authorities treat those EDLs as acceptable alternatives to REA...
The passport card and passport book are both issued by the and are legally accepted as proof of U.S. citizenship and identity for many domestic purposes, including boarding domestic flights as alterna...
State DMVs are required by federal to capture and keep images of source documents used to prove identity and lawful status, but the federal regulations do not prescribe a single national retention per...
in 2026 requires two parallel preparations: (visa status and recent Presidential travel restrictions) and practical readiness to pass (IDs, screening, baggage rules). The expanded January 1, 2026 trav...
Since 2019, state efforts to grant to undocumented immigrants have provoked a web of litigation and enforcement disputes: states and advocates have defended such laws, while county officials, state at...
Lawful permanent residents are best served by keeping their Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551, “green card”) on hand as the primary federal proof of status, with temporary I-551 stamps or Form I-94 ...
Since 2023 there is policy-level clarity from DHS components that the U.S. passport card is an acceptable form of identity for federal purposes — notably the Transportation Security Administration and...