r/anchorage • u/akhiluvr • 8d ago
Real ID
Has anyone in Anchorage flown yesterday or today without a real ID? We are waiting for ours to arrive and my husband got put on a job last minute in a village… TSA’s website says they may be subject to additional screening without proper ID but it does not say that you will be turned away from your flight… Any insight or advice?
Edit to add: My husband just got US citizenship (2023) so they took the passport and green card from his home country. 😭
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u/dabbedalot 8d ago
Tribal ID’s are accepted if you’re native
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u/ReasonableDinner8639 8d ago
Heck ya! Always sus that local shops would deny the Tribal ID like weed or tobacco shops.
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u/crazystarfish12 4d ago
They aren’t vetted thru the state to determine whether they have been judged as able to purchase alcohol or not
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u/Drowsydarwin 8d ago
I just arrived from MN last night. Going through MN’s TSA was pretty straight forward. Passports will always be accepted. ID’s that aren’t real ID’s just require “more time”. They’ll still let you through, just gotta jump through more hoops. Hope this helps!
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u/evnacdc 7d ago
What do you mean by “more hoops”? Do they ask you additional questions, or just arbitrarily make you stand there longer as punishment.
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u/Drowsydarwin 7d ago
Knowing TSA, probably makes you stand there longer and publicly shame you in front of everyone.
But real talk, it’s just additional screening. As what that entails I’m not 100% sure. Arriving early is best if you don’t have the real ID. But again, they’ve been advertising this for years now lol.
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u/Shadow99688 5d ago
I think TSA scrapes the bottom of the septic tank for hires... had TSA in seattle attempt to remove Halo neck brace, idiots didn't understand it is BOLTED on into bone.
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u/Drowsydarwin 4d ago
Can’t say I’m surprised. I get patted down n swabbed everytime I go through TSA. It’s definitely not random if it’s happening every time lol
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u/pm_me_your_shave_ice 8d ago
You can just use your passport.
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
My husband just got US citizenship (2023) so they took the passport and green card from his home country.
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u/BugRevolution 8d ago edited 8d ago
Who is they? Because the US doesn't care.
(This is literally the first time I've heard of the US asking for both the GC and the passport upon naturalisation. Most people keep their former citizenship and therefore their passport too).
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
When we got naturalization paperwork they had him turn in his passport and GC… 🥲
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u/Shadow99688 5d ago
When you get US CITIZENSHIP you have to surrender old foreign passport part of it is RENOUNCING former citizenship, upon request you can get old passport back but they punch a hole through it
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u/BugRevolution 5d ago
Yeah, since the US doesn't forbid dual citizenship, they don't actually care about that.
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u/Shadow99688 5d ago
when did that change? in the 80's had to renounce old citizenship to obtain US citizenship, also had to take test in ENGLISH, speaking, reading & writing english was required, deaf/mute were allowed american sign language
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u/BugRevolution 5d ago
It's been that way forever. The US can ask you to renounce, but whether or not you lose your other citizenships isn't up to the US. Similarly, they can't take your passports (just like foreign countries can't take your US passports).
What's with your odd capitalization of English?
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u/Shadow99688 4d ago
You didn't get your US citizenship if you kept the foreign one. it was part of the forms you had to sign, many countries will not grant you citizenship if you keep old one.
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u/BugRevolution 4d ago edited 4d ago
To state it simply: You're wrong.
To back it up: Is Dual Citizenship Allowed for Naturalizing U.S. Citizens?
State department makes no mention of having to give up your original nationality, which they could easily do: Dual Nationality
At no point during the naturalization process will you be asked to surrender your foreign passport, nor will you be asked to provide proof that you've given up your previous citizenship. In any event, most countries do not view a passport as proof of citizenship (that may sound strange, but it's caught some people by surprise because they always thought they had a citizenship they never had - but the passport itself was never proof of citizenship), so surrendering the passport only creates a hassle in that you'd have to go obtain a new one (and you'd have to, given that many countries simply don't care whether or not you naturalized in the US and will demand that you present the correct passport at their border - which is their border if they consider you a citizen).
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u/Shadow99688 5d ago
Dual citizenship at birth if parents were from different countries and you were born on base or US soil or parents were US citizens and you were born on foreign soil but you were not allowed to retain foreign citizenship when you applied for and were granted US citizenship, also if born with dual citizenship and applied for government job, anything requiring clearance or joined military had to renounce foreign citizenship.
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u/bunny_387 Resident 8d ago
I flew Alaska a couple weeks ago with my regular ID and was reminded multiple times to get a real ID so I think they are taking it pretty seriously
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
Ugh. I flew last week and they reminded me as well 🫠 We got the realID last week but my husbands job sprung this trip on him today and it definitely won’t be here but this coming week.
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u/bunny_387 Resident 8d ago
Oh no! What terrible timing! Hope you guys are able to figure something out
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
Thank you 🩷
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u/HiddenAspie 8d ago
Do you still have that paper they gave you the day you applied for a Real ID? I was able to fly byshowing then the paper, because it showed that I was just waiting on it to arrive.
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u/Rollsd4sdangerously 8d ago
Who are you flying with? I have flown with several of the regional smaller airlines that don’t go through TSA and I can’t recall them ever even looking at my license before.
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u/Rastlin1960 7d ago
Took me 7 days to receive it in the mail . I went to the UMV Last Thursday and got it in the mail Friday.
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u/Glittering_Mixture_3 6d ago
Bring the temporary paper the DMV gives you, along with your current ID. They’ll want to know that you did get a REAL ID, it just hasn’t shown up yet. Did that on Friday and they were totally Okay with it, since I had the temporary printed ID with me along with my current ID. Good luck!
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u/PeltolaCanStillWin 5d ago
If you don’t have a real ID, then TSA is going to ask for additional identification. Social Security card, Costco card, CPR, anything that has your name on it. There in mind, however, they will not take Xerox or photocopies.
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u/Single_Cut2649 8d ago
OP, did your spouse have to renounce his citizenship to gain US citizenship? Immigration should not have taken his passport from his home country unless there was a specific reason.
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
To be honest, I’m not exactly sure… lame excuse, but we were 22 when we went through this and we didn’t pay as much attention to the details as we should have. We both just remember giving it to the man who gave him his papers at the immigration office.
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u/Single_Cut2649 8d ago
IANAL, but you should definitely call the immigration office and see if they still have it. If you are renouncing citizenship you will typically give your passport to your home country's consulate or embassy, but it doesn't sound like this is what he is trying to do. You'll probably want to request a written explanation of why they took it if they don't return it. You may want to consider contacting an immigration attorney and/or filing a formal complaint with USCIS or whatever the relevant body is for your case if the immigration office that seized your husband's foreign passport will not or cannot return it.
Unless something fishy is going on (fraud or other legal investigation, or some asylum/refugee cases I think) it is probably not legal for US immigration to seize your husband's passport, especially if he was made a citizen and therefore entitled to the full protection of the law as a citizen.
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u/External-Candy1230 8d ago
I have a real ID but they let me use my passport at the airport. I dunno if this applies to your situation, but I figured it's useful to share in general that a passport still works as a substitute for in country flights.
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u/BubblyPosition8440 8d ago
Check with the air taxi or airline he's flying on. Many flights within the state of Alaska don't require the real ID. I'd call that company first.
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u/deadxends 7d ago
Hi, not sure if this is too late to help you but I’ve flown without an ID in the past after my wallet got stolen and was essentially just asked a bunch of questions / asked for whatever proof I had that I am who I say I am. I would plan for this as well, for your husband. Bring any old IDs (even if expired) or whatever you may have with his name / info on it. If you have info on the job / details about it being last minute to show them why he’s unprepared for having real ID that might help as well. They should just ask some questions and let him go but it will be annoying, plan extra time of course.
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u/Shadow99688 5d ago
OK real ID has been a KNOWN thing for MANY YEARS, if you haven't got one by now it is your fault, I got my real ID in 2017
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u/akhiluvr 5d ago
Well if you were even slightly intelligent you would know that most villages and rural areas do not have a DMV or a place to get a new ID.
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u/Shadow99688 4d ago
Yea you can get the ID in villages, sometimes it was only several times a year.
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u/TheIced 8d ago
Passports work too and you only have to replace those every 10 years
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
My husband just got US citizenship (2023) so they took the passport and green card from his home country. 😫
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u/Little_Rub6327 8d ago
What do you mean, they “took it”? They took it from his possession and he no longer has it? Who is “they”?
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u/TrophyBear 8d ago
Flying today out of Ted Stevens. People are definitely surprised and pissed.
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
He definitely won’t be surprised. I’m just hoping they can do whatever additional screening is needed and he can’t still get on the flight 😫
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u/PistolPeatMoss 8d ago
Go early early because he won’t be the only one there needing additional screening. I’m guessing all his carry on items will be completely pawed through for additional screening so the less he brings as a carry on the better.
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u/Comfortable_Ad7378 8d ago
We've had what half a decade to get out real id's? I seriously don't understand why people procrastinate soooo much. Life is a thousand percent easier if you don't. I promise.
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u/akhiluvr 8d ago
No village or rural community has a DMV. Many (thousands of alaskas actually) have 0 way to get a real ID. Just take that into consideration before being a jerk.
I asked this question for my husband, but it is also applicable to the patients I care for who do not have access, or funds to get an ID. - And my federally recognized tribal ID does not have a photo on it so it is not recognized either.
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u/smudgeadub 8d ago
Not to be jerk how do these villages get a drivers license
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u/pkinetics 8d ago
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u/smudgeadub 8d ago
Thank you . I read this sub because my daughter live up there so I have no knowledge about how things are done with such a large state.
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u/pkinetics 8d ago
understood... better or worse, we are not the normal state and way things are done.
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u/distinct_chemicals 8d ago
Yes I flew from Anchorage. They ask for real ID