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DMV snafu means over 300,000 Californians need new Real ID

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03.01.2026

File: People stand in line outside of the Department of Motor Vehicles in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

About 325,000 California residents will have to get new IDs thanks to a nearly 20-year-old software glitch, according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. 

In a news release issued on Dec. 31, DMV officials said about 1.5% of California Real IDs will need to be reissued. The DMV noted that Real IDs with the wrong expiration dates were given to “immigrants with lawful presence.” For this group, the Real ID expiration date should line up with the end of the individual’s authorized stay,........

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