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If you\u00a0don’t have a Real ID<\/span>\u00a0the next time you go to the airport, it could cost you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Transportation Security Administration has proposed a rule that would charge travelers who lack a Real ID an $18 fee at security checkpoints, according to a notice published Thursday in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n

“This notice serves as a next step in the process in REAL ID compliance, which was signed into law more than 20 years ago and finally implemented by Secretary Noem as of May 2025,” a TSA spokesperson told CBS News, noting that the agency would soon provide additional guidance. “TSA is working with stakeholders and partners to ensure both security and efficiency at our checkpoints.”<\/p>\n

Embracing biometrics<\/h2>\n

The TSA is launching a biometric identity verification program at its checkpoints to screen individuals who don’t have a Real ID or other suitable alternative form of identification, such as a passport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alternative ID verification methods are “time and resource intensive,” the TSA said in proposing the fee.<\/p>\n

“To address the government-incurred costs, individuals who choose to use TSA’s modernized alternative identity verification program will be required to pay an $18 fee,” the agency’s proposed rule states.<\/p>\n

Verifying people’s identity at the nation’s airports “is the first step in the physical screening process at a TSA security checkpoint and the last link in intelligence-based traveler prescreening, ensuring that high-risk travelers are identified. …” the proposal states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TSA said that biometric verification, which it also refers to as a registered traveler program, will streamline the process of identifying passengers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Passengers will start incurring the $18 fee when the TSA announces that individuals may register for the alternative identity verification program at TSA.gov.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daniel Green, co-founder of Faye Travel Insurance, thinks the fee proposal is reasonable, given that travelers have had ample time to obtain a Real ID.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“For years, they’ve been saying either get a Real ID or a passport or don’t travel,” he told CBS News. “So the idea that you can pay $18 and potentially travel anyway isn’t so unreasonable.”<\/p>\n

The TSA began requiring passengers to\u00a0present a Real ID<\/span> or other approved documents in May. The enhanced form of identification can either be a driver’s license, learner’s permit or nondriver ID card.<\/p>\n

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Alain Sherter\n <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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