Security: TSA expands acceptance of digital IDs to Virginia

Homeland Security Today
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting Virginia-issued mobile driver licenses at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide.

Travelers who have downloaded the Virginia Mobile ID app to their smart phone can use that for identity verification during the screening process in lieu of handing over a physical photo ID and boarding pass to the TSA security officer at the entry to the checkpoints at Virginia airports with the readers and other airports nationwide.

Virginia’s Mobile ID (mID) is a voluntary, secure and digital version of a Virginia-issued driver’s license or ID card that individuals carry in an app on their smartphone.

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