If you’re planning on taking a big trip in the future, it looks like things will be getting a little easier for you when it comes to TSA checkpoints.
Beginning today, the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles announced that the TSA is now accepting mobile driver’s licenses for verification at the New Orleans International Airport along with 26 others across the United States.
Residents with the LA Wallet app can present their mobile driver’s license or IDA at select TSA checkpoints by tapping their phone or scanning the QR code in the app. However, all passengers will need to continue to have physical IDs on hand.
Louisiana is now the eighth state that offers digital IDs with TSA CAT-2 interoperability, joining Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland and Utah.
Beginning on May 7th, 2025 the only state issued driver’s licenses and ID cards federal agencies will accept are those that meet REAL ID standard. For more information, please visit expresslane.org/REALID
