Comment by petcat
2 months ago
How can a VA health ID card be considered a valid ID? Maybe a supplemental ID, but I can't imagine it would be allowed as a primary ID for TSA screening.
2 months ago
How can a VA health ID card be considered a valid ID? Maybe a supplemental ID, but I can't imagine it would be allowed as a primary ID for TSA screening.
A Veteran health ID card is a government issued photo id card used to prove your identity with the government to get health care, why wouldn't it be allowed for proving your identity with the TSA.
1. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification
I was surprised too, but since I have one I figured I'd use it (before I got the Real ID). It's listed as "Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)" on https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification
The VA recently gave out more recent ID cards that seem more detailed than the older ones.
Yeah wow, TIL.
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/identification
It’s right there, last bullet point.
Typically, in the states, veterans are presumed to be less of a safety risk and receive preferential treatment at all sorts of venues.
But the entire point of the law is to prevent you from pretending to be somebody you aren't. So this defeats the purpose, unless the whole thing is security theater... which it is.