OMV says 1.2 million Louisiana residents have gotten REAL ID with less than a week from deadline

BATON ROUGE — With less than a week until the REAL ID enforcement deadline, the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles says that more than 1.2 million people have obtained a REAL ID-compliant license or identification card.In April 2025 alone, OMV officials said that its field offices and Public Tag Agents across the state processed more than 97,000 REAL ID applications, the most since they began the initiative.REAL IDs will be required to board planes on domestic and international flight