A US federal standard established by the REAL ID Act of 2005 that sets minimum security requirements for state-issued driver's licences and ID cards. REAL ID-compliant documents are required for accessing federal facilities and domestic air travel. Compliance requires states to verify identity documents and share data with a nationwide database, making it a core component of US domestic identity assurance.
REAL ID compliance affects identity verification workflows for any US-facing service that accepts driver's licences as proof of identity, influencing document verification requirements and acceptable ID types.
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