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D.C. to Reissue Licenses All District IDs must be replaced to comply with a federal law Washington There’s no good way to break it to you, D.C. license holders. You’re going to have to make a trip to the DMV, all 540,000 of you. Starting May 1, the District will start issuing REAL ID licenses that conform to stringent federal regulations, the Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week. Any driver’s license issued before that date will need to be replaced by Oct. 1, 2014 to enter
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The number of states that have updated licenses, including Maryland, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Virginia was granted an extension until Oct. 10.
certain federal buildings and by 2016 to board a domestic flight (a passport can still be used, too). Although the D.C. DMV changed the design and security features of its licenses in November in anticipation of the REAL ID rollout, licenses issued since then do not have the REAL ID credential, according to Department of Motor Vehicles Director Lucinda Babers.
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So even if you have one of the updated licenses, which feature a blooming cherry blossom tree, you will still need to take a trip to the DMV to update it. The only visual difference between the two will be a star in the upper right corner. To avoid a worse-than-usual crush at service centers, the agency will notify residents in writing when they need to present identifying documents to revalidate their identity, social security number and address. The re-opening of Georgetown’s DMV on April 29 should also help. Residents who wait for notification will not be charged a fee to convert their licenses.
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