Starting next month, travelers who want to board a domestic flight without a Real ID will have to pay $45 to have their identity verified through the Transportation Security Administration\u2019s new security screening program. <\/p>\n
On Feb. 1, if you attempt to get through an airport security checkpoint without a Real ID, or another TSA-approved form of identification, you have the option to verify your identity through the modernized alternative-verification program, officially called TSA Confirm.ID. <\/p>\n
If you choose to use Confirm.ID you will be charged a $45 fee. <\/p>\n
TSA announced the new identification verification program in December, saying it is essential to traveler safety. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it keeps terrorists, criminals, and illegal aliens out of the skies and other domestic transportation systems such as rail,\u201d said Adam Stahl, acting deputy administrator for the agency. \u201cThe vast majority of travelers present acceptable identification like Real IDs and passports, but we must ensure everyone who flies is who they say they are.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 94% of passengers currently use their Real ID or other acceptable form of identification, according to TSA. About 58%, more than 19 million, of all driver\u2019s license and ID cardholders in California have a Real ID, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. <\/p>\n
Opting to use Confirm.ID, here\u2019s how to pay the $45<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t have a Real ID or another TSA-approved form of identification<\/a> you\u2019ll be presented with the option to confirm your identity with Confirm.ID at a TSA checkpoint, before entering security lines. <\/p>\n Anyone 18 and older must show TSA their Real ID or another TSA-approved form of identification. Children under 18 do not have to provide a form of identification for domestic flights, according to TSA. <\/p>\n To use the Confirm.ID option you\u2019ll need to submit a form and make a payment online either before you arrive or when you\u2019re at the airport.<\/p>\n The form and payment can be submitted through the website pay.gov.<\/a> <\/p>\n To make a payment you\u2019ll need to provide:<\/p>\n Your full legal nameYour travel start date A valid form of payment. The website accepts payments via bank, Venmo or PayPal or a debit or credit card. <\/p>\n Once the form and payment are submitted online you\u2019ll receive a receipt in your email. TSA recommends you keep this email, take a screenshot or print the receipt because you\u2019ll need to present this at a TSA checkpoint as proof of payment. <\/p>\n The identity verification takes place at the airport. <\/p>\n How Confirm.ID works<\/p>\n After travelers alert TSA that they\u2019re going to use the Confirm.ID option and provide proof of payment, they will need to provide their full legal name, address and date of birth. <\/p>\n In a November filing with the Federal Register, TSA said the proposed program will use a new biometric kiosk system to verify identification before each traveler without a Real ID or other acceptable form of identification is allowed past the TSA checkpoint.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear whether the kiosks have been implemented at airports yet.<\/p>\n \u201cTravelers will process with a kiosk system that captures their biometric data and compares it to TSA\u2019s Secure Flight watch lists,\u201d said Tom Spagnola, senior vice president of partner relations at CheapOair.<\/p>\n Biometrics uses physical characteristics<\/a>, such as fingerprints, facial recognition software and retinal scans to verify an identity. TSA already uses such methods for verifying digital IDs using facial recognition software.<\/a> <\/p>\n If your identity is validated through Confirm.ID, that approval is valid for 10 days, allowing travelers to use it as much as they want within that period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starting next month, travelers who want to board a domestic flight without a Real ID will have to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4700,72274,26797,38150,21079,48,52,51,47,50,49,16714,44849,37464,46531,37320,50165,4912,5173,44851,72275],"class_list":["post-144504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-airport","tag-facial-recognition-software","tag-form","tag-identification","tag-identity","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-option","tag-other-acceptable-form","tag-payment","tag-proof","tag-real-id","tag-receipt","tag-traveler","tag-tsa","tag-tsa-confirm","tag-website-pay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}