'I got tired of waiting': Lines grow at driver's licenses offices as REAL ID deadline approaches
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Updated: 4:07 PM CDT Apr 25, 2025
米兰体育 13.COM. I CAME UP HERE THE OTHER DAY AND STAYED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, AND I GOT TIRED OF WAITING. SO I LEFT AND I SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED. WELL, IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DRIVER鈥橲 LICENSE OFFICE ANYTIME SOON, YOU MAY EXPERIENCE LONGER WAIT TIMES THAN USUAL. PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO MEET THAT MAY 7TH DEADLINE FOR THE REAL ID, THE ARLEY DRIVER鈥橲 LICENSE OFFICE HERE IN BIRMINGHAM OPENING THIS MORNING. ALREADY A LINE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE BEFORE THEY EVEN OPEN. AND THAT鈥橲 WHERE 米兰体育 13 S MYA CALEB IS THIS MORNING. MYA WHAT鈥橲 THE LATEST OUT THERE? WELL, SARA, THE LINE IS LOOKING JUST HOW IT DID WHEN WE WERE HERE A COUPLE HOURS AGO. BUT IT SEEMS IF ANYTHING IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE LONGER. WE HAVE PEOPLE, OF COURSE, SITTING ON THE CURB, JUST FED UP WITH THE WAIT TIME. AND A LOT OF THEM JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO BE OUT HERE? BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS IF YOU鈥橰E NOT PLANNING ON FLYING BEFORE MAY 7TH OR NEED THE REAL ID FOR ACCESS TO SOME FEDERAL FACILITIES, YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE DEADLINE. IF YOU DON鈥橳 ALREADY HAVE A REAL ID, YOU CAN USE AN UNEXPIRED PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION. ARLEY IS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING ONLINE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTS YOU NEED, SO YOU WON鈥橳 GET TURNED AWAY. BIRTH CERTIFICATE. VALID DRIVER鈥橲 LICENSE. UNEXPIRED. VALID DRIVER鈥橲 LICENSE. SOCIAL SECURITY CARD. ANYTHING THAT WILL VERIFY THAT YOU鈥橰E LIVING AT THAT CURRENT ADDRESS, LIKE A UTILITY BILL, WILL ALSO WORK. WAIT AND WAIT TIMES AT SOME DRIVER鈥橲 LICENSE. OFFICES HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF. SOME PEOPLE WE TALKED WITH ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE WAIT. I THINK IT鈥橲 JUST RIDICULOUS BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT TAKING FOLKS FOREVER, IT鈥橲 TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THEIR JOB. IT鈥橲 TAKING THEM AWAY FROM PLENTY OF THINGS WHERE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY BE MAKING A LIVING, YOU KNOW? BUT THEY鈥橰E UP HERE TRYING TO GET THEIR ID. AND IF YOU鈥橰E WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A REAL ID OR NOT, I鈥橫 GOING TO SHOW YOU MY OLD TEXAS ID AND SHOW THAT YOU鈥橰E GOING TO WANT TO LOOK FOR THIS GOLD STAR THAT鈥橲 RIGHT IN THE CORNER ON AN ALABAMA ID OF COURSE, IT WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE RATHER THAN THE RIGHT. AND AGAIN, IF YOU鈥橰E NOT PLANNING ON ANY DOMESTIC TRAVEL BEFORE MAY 7TH, YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE DEADLINE TO GET THAT REAL.
'I got tired of waiting': Lines grow at driver's licenses offices as REAL ID deadline approaches
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Updated: 4:07 PM CDT Apr 25, 2025
People are waiting for hours at the driver's license offices in Alabama ahead of the REAL ID deadline.After the May 7 deadline, you will need an unexpired passport as identification for travel and access to some federal facilities if you do not have the ID.>> Real ID deadline approaches: What you need to knowThe Alabama Law Enforcement Agency stressed that having your necessary documents is important or else you will get turned around. The list of documents can be found here.ALEA also recommended making an appointment. Wait times have been at least 60 to 90 minutes for walk-ins. The timing has caused frustration for some Alabamians, like Patrick Reed."I think it's just ridiculous taking them away from their jobs, taking them away from plenty of things where people could be making a living, but they are up here trying to get their ID," said Reed, who was waiting in line at the driver's license office in Birmingham. Video below walks you through the Real ID process.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — People are waiting for hours at the driver's license offices in Alabama ahead of the REAL ID deadline.
After the May 7 deadline, you will need an unexpired passport as identification for travel and access to some federal facilities if you do not have the ID.
>> Real ID deadline approaches:
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency stressed that having your necessary documents is important or else you will get turned around. The list of documents can be found .
ALEA also recommended making an appointment. Wait times have been at least 60 to 90 minutes for walk-ins.
The timing has caused frustration for some Alabamians, like Patrick Reed.
"I think it's just ridiculous taking them away from their jobs, taking them away from plenty of things where people could be making a living, but they are up here trying to get their ID," said Reed, who was waiting in line at the driver's license office in Birmingham.
Video below walks you through the Real ID process.
