Chapter 6-1 REAL ID Awareness Campaign TSA National Real ID Awareness Campaign You may begin to receive questions relative to REAL ID as a result of new awareness campaign starting in December 2016 at our national airports by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The campaign is promoting the types of identification that will be acceptable for boarding domestic aircraft in January of 2018. Should you receive questions from customers, here are a few talking points to share with customers and resources you may refer them to as well: * Massachusetts driver's licenses and identification cards are currently valid for federal purposes. The RMV has secured an extension from Homeland Security to continue to accept our cards because of the progress the RMV is making to implement REAL ID. Extensions are issued on an annual basis. The RMVs extension is valid until next October 2017. Next October, the RMV will seek an additional extension. * \The RMV is working with a new vendor, FAST, as part of the ATLAS program, to make REAL ID the first deliverable to the RMV customers. The RMV anticipates being able to issue its first REAL ID credentials in April of 2018. * Customers will not need to run to the RMV on the day they begin to issue REAL IDs. From 2018 to 2020, TSA will recognize existing cards based on the Commonwealth's active extension status. * Beginning in October of 2020, all airline passengers flying within the United States will need to produce their own personal form of identification that is acceptable to TSA. At that time, an acceptable form of ID will be a Massachusetts REAL ID driver's license or a Massachusetts REAL ID identification card. Customers will need to visit an RMV Service Center to produce the required identification documentation in order to be issued a REAL ID credential. It is important to point out that a United States Passport is considered a valid form of federal identification. * An informational "REAL ID in Massachusetts" website has been established for customers seeking additional details and answers to FAQs. 12/16 6:9http://www.massrmv.com/LicenseandID/REALIDinMassachusetts.aspx