In the next year, the people of Virginia are going to swap a piece of plastic in their wallets, as the state is considering to issue new real ID’s in 2018.

If you are one among the most people boarding on a domestic flight, you just give your driver’s license as proof of ID. But that is all going to change. It is all a part of the Real ID Program which Congress passed after 9/11. It requires states to meet new security standards.

“This will look exactly like your current driver’s license. The only difference that folks will notice is it will have a star in the corner that signifies it’s Real ID compliant,” said Virginia DMV spokesperson Brandy Brubaker.

The biggest impact will be on the airports. Travelers are in need to take the new ID to board a domestic flight using their license.

If the travelers do not mind to bring their passport or typically travel by the car or train, Brubaker said that they might not need the new ID.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has recently granted Virginia an extension to keep working on compliance.

“Our driver’s license has been one of the most secure in the nation since 2009. We completely overhauled it then and implemented all the security features you see in your current card, What’s left for us is just some administrative, behind-the-scenes kind of things,” she said.

Virginia will start to offer the new ID’s in the month of October 2018, but you would not need one at the airport until the October 2020.

“You’ve got a full two years there to come into DMV at your leisure. You don’t have to rush in right away,” said Brubaker.

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