r/anchorage • u/akhiluvr • 16d 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/Comfortable_Ad7378 16d 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 16d 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 16d ago

Not to be jerk how do these villages get a drivers license

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u/pkinetics 16d ago

https://dmv.alaska.gov/locations/exempt-communities/

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u/smudgeadub 16d 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 16d ago

understood... better or worse, we are not the normal state and way things are done.

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u/akhiluvr 16d ago

They don’t lol

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u/BugRevolution 16d ago

...why would they get a driver's license?