ST. PAUL — Minnesotans who applied for a Real ID before the May 7, 2025, deadline may be just receiving their identification cards in the mail now. Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services told MPR News last week that they have finally finished processing all Real ID applications submitted before May.

DVS director Pong Xiong said that in the past few years, the department had done community outreach to inform Minnesotans about the implementation of Real IDs.

“There really wasn’t a lot of rush or any sort of urgency that we were sensing from customers as we were having conversations with them,” Xiong said.

Then in March, DVS received double the amount of normal applications. In April, it was three times the typical number.

“The increase on its own was not surprising, but the actual numbers

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