A tax identification number is a unique nine-digit number issued by the Social Security Administration or the IRS to anyone who pays taxes.

It’s not just homeless people that I’m seeing going and getting it. It’s all kinds of people, and they really benefit.” ...

Here’s what you need to know: What is Real ID? It’s a driver’s license or other state-issued ID that meets security requirements mandated in a 2005 law passed in the aftermath of the Sept ...

The Real ID Act was passed back in 2005 following the terrorist attack on 9/11, serving as a new enforcement adopted to better identify people.“A lot of citizens don’t even realize they have a ...

Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005, enacting a recommendation from the 9/11 Commission that “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” ...

“The DMV wants people to know that May 7 is not a deadline to get a REAL ID – that’s only the date that the TSA will begin to enforce the federal requirement (for air travel),” Ongtoaboc said.

Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson College in 2022, Cum Laude. She first joined PEOPLE in 2025 as a Night Digital News ...

May 7 is the federal enforcement date for a Real ID. You’ll need one to board planes and to access federal courthouses and military bases. Amy Bentley shares more.

But the reason New Jersey is dead last for Real ID is because it leads the nation for the number of people who have U.S Passports, according to the Center for American progress.