TRAVELERS are having their Real ID driver's licenses rejected by TSA agents just months after being forced to switch to the new method.

Americans in one state are blocked from checking ahead to see if their ID will be rejected at the airport — instead, they’re asked to report issues to officials after the fact, the state said.

Maine’s office of the secretary of state told The U.S. Sun that a percentage of its residents’ Real IDs — which have been required for all domestic air travel since May 7, 2025 — are not scanning properly at airport TSA checkpoints around the country.

“A tiny fraction of Maine REAL IDs could not be read by the TSA bar code readers, an issue that very few experienced and appears to be sporadic,” Maine’s Department of the Secretary of State said.

“None experienced

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