Going through the airport

pudgeylou
pudgeylou Posts: 202 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I wasn't sure where to post this question, so I figured here was as good as any. How accurate does your photo ID need to be in order to take a flight? I am not going out of the country and I do not have a passport but the photo on my drivers license was from 65 lbs ago. I don't know if I got my license retaken if I would receive it in time for my trip. Will the weight difference between me and the picture be an issue? I didn't really think about this until recently.

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  • lina1131
    lina1131 Posts: 2,246 Member
    I doubt it. Bring a second form of ID in case they ask you to prove that is you? I don't think it's going to be a big issue though.
  • JeneticTraining
    JeneticTraining Posts: 663 Member
    Hahahaha I thought you were going to say, "I hate it when I go through airport security and my abs of steel sets off the alarm. "


    Anywaaaaaay, it should look like you, not you when you were a kid.
  • C_Stretton
    C_Stretton Posts: 201 Member
    My hair color rarely, if ever, matches my ID and I've never had a problem. I can't imagine that weight is any different.
  • TNR32
    TNR32 Posts: 110 Member
    As long as the pic looks like you it should not be a problem all the ID is for is to verify that you are who you say you are.
  • michelle0s8
    michelle0s8 Posts: 1
    Best thing to do is call the airport and ask them...
  • JeneticTraining
    JeneticTraining Posts: 663 Member
    Ooppps thought it said 65 years ago! I don't think it would really matter. Just tell them you lost weight
  • Serenitytoo
    Serenitytoo Posts: 449 Member
    The most I ever got was they would take a longer look at the photo id. I had lost 80lbs at the time and looked quite different than my photo. In general though, people can usually still see it is you, even if out of date.
  • tomcornhole
    tomcornhole Posts: 1,084 Member
    My driver's license is from 60 lbs ago and I look really fat in it. I travel every week, including international, and it hasn't been an issue. Always nice to get the comment "you've lost some weight".
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    Taken within the last 6 months to reflect your current appearance
    Taken in front of a plain white or off-white background
    Taken in full-face view directly facing the camera
    With a neutral facial expression and both eyes open
  • Brad805
    Brad805 Posts: 289 Member
    I have traveled internationally four times since dropping 80lb. I have not been questioned about not looking like my photo. Years ago a friend was asked for additional id because they questioned the photograph since he had lost around 70lb or so. He provided another piece of photo id and off he went.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    My boss looks the the uni bomber in his passport photo and no one ever questions him so I'm sure you'll be fine. The only place I've ever gone that they really even looked at my ID was Tanzania.
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    I used a credit card in a store in England after I lost weight, and since it was swipe and not PIN (America--the last hold out...) got asked for an ID. I handed over my driver's license, and the woman looked at it, back at me, and blurted out, "My God! You've improved!"

    Sort of made my day, really. :laugh:

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