A TSA employee checks a traveler's ID at a security checkpoint in San Francisco International Airport, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

PHOTO COLLECTION: REAL ID requirements for the U.S. domestic flyers begins

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People stand in line outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Passengers produce Real ID documents at the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sign displays need for passengers to produce Real ID documents at the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Signage reminds travelers of the new Real ID mandate at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La., the first day Real ID is implemented for commercial airline travel, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Screens displays information about Real ID at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wait outside a branch of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in New Orleans, the first day Real ID is being implemented for commercial airline travel, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People wait outside a branch of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in New Orleans, the first day Real ID is being implemented for commercial airline travel, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A sign advising travelers of Real ID requirements is displayed at a security checkpoint in San Francisco International Airport, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Travelers enter the security checkpoint line in a domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
A TSA employee checks IDs as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Screens displays information about Real ID as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A TSA employee checks documents as people move through security at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Matthew Nason of Vassalboro, Maine, who needed to file forms for his motorcycle, waits at the end of a long line at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles where many residents are applying for Real ID, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
An employee, right, checks on necessary documents as people line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People stand in line outside of a Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
People stand in line outside of a Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Customer Service representative Marlon Suarez, right, monitors the doorway outside of a Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
People wait inside a branch of the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in Kenner, La., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A crowd waits for their number to be called at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles where many residents are applying for Real ID, Monday, May 6, 2025, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
An employee, left, checks on necessary documents as people line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People line up to apply for Real ID at a Real ID Supercenter in downtown Chicago, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A standing-room only crowd waits for their number to be called at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles where many residents are applying for Real ID, Monday, May 6, 2025, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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