Can you use a foreign ID to travel by air domestically in the USA?

If you have a valid foreign passport, state-issued enhanced driver's license or valid USCIS Employment Authorization Card Form I-766, you can technically board a plane for domestic travel. In this scenario, it is best to travel with a state-issued enhanced driver's license.



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Beginning May 3, 2023, U.S. travelers flying within the United States will need to show Transportation Security Administration agents either a security-enhanced driver's license that's Real ID-compliant or another T.S.A.-approved form of identification like a passport.

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Can You Fly with an Expired Passport Domestically? You can only use the passport to back your identity but cannot rely on it to get on board. Instead, you will need to have state or federal documents that prove your identity to the TSA.

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Add your state-issued eligible driver's license or identification card to your phone's digital wallet. Present your ID at select TSA PreCheck® checkpoints by tapping your phone or linked device. Your photo will be take by the TSA reader at security to proceed to screening.

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If you don't have any acceptable alternate form of ID, a TSA employee will ask you to complete an identity verification process by filling out a TSA Form 415, also known as a Certification of Identity form. It asks for your full name, current address, signature and date.

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The TSA does not consider paper temporary IDs a valid form of identification. However, should you only have a temporary ID, we encourage you to also bring two other forms of ID (such as social security cards, birth certificates, marriage licenses or credit cards) with your name on it.

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Digital Identification Download a TSA approved digital ID app to your mobile device. Scan in your state-issued driver's license or state ID. At select TSA PreCheck® checkpoints, scan the app issued QR code. Your photo will be taken by the TSA reader at security to proceed to screening.

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At a rapidly expanding number of airports, the TSA staff is using the Credential Authentication Technology system to scan your driver's license or other government identification.

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Absolutely not. A passport must be physically presented. It's originality is checked at the immigration of destination countries as also the VISA stamps.

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Beginning May 3, 2023, your driver's license will need to be REAL ID-compliant if you want to use it to fly within the U.S. It's part of a law passed by Congress.

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