04-23-2025, 10:34 PM
special wrote:
[quote=Wags]
How long does it take? I’m 2 or 3 weeks into it, not hearing anything.
It took 10-14 days with normal processing last year in September or October.
however, now the Real ID is coming up and it's hard to get RealID appointment at my state's DMV. My guess some people get passports instead. Also Summer travel is coming up, although I doubt people travel as much as they did in 23 and 24 with all this bullshit and stock market roller coaster.
When is your driver's license set to renew? NJ allows upgrade to realID with ordinary license renewal in the 3 months prior to license expiration, and an appointment for a license renewal is easy to get. In NJ, the "realID" appointments are for people whose license is NOT scheduled to renew soon, and those appointments are really hard to get.
It's worth checking whether your state makes this distinction.