If you plan to use your driver license or state-issued ID card for air travel this summer, visit an Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division office or selected authorized third party locations to get your Arizona Travel ID at least two weeks beforehand.
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May 6, 2025 | News/Press Release
Arizona Travel ID will get you through airport security without delays
April 22, 2025 | News/Press Release
Update to the Arizona Travel ID at many Authorized Third Party locations
The Arizona Travel ID is in high demand with two weeks remaining until the May 7 deadline for domestic air travelers to comply with federal REAL ID requirements. Without the Arizona Travel ID or another form of federally compliant identification such as a valid U.S. passport, you’ll risk missing an airline flight.
April 7, 2025 | News/Press Release
Arizona Travel ID will get you through airport security after May 7
Today marks one month before the federal deadline for domestic airline travelers to have a federally compliant form of identification. Without the Arizona Travel ID or other form of federally compliant identification such as a valid U.S. passport, you’ll risk missing an airline flight.
March 11, 2025 | News/Press Release
May deadline is nearing if you wish to use state credential for travel
May 7 will be here quickly. So join the 2,509,977 – and counting – Arizonans who have already upgraded to the Arizona Travel ID. More information, including a full list of qualifying documents, is available at azdot.gov/TravelID.
July 30, 2024 | News/Press Release
Arizonans now have another way to use digital driver licenses and IDs
ADOT MVD today will enable mobile ID acceptance on iPhone with the Smart ID Verifier app. By using the Smart ID Verifier app, Arizona retailers can easily and securely accept mobile IDs in person to verify the ages of customers purchasing alcohol directly on their iPhones, no additional hardware needed. This new feature will bring Arizonans another way to use their mobile driver licenses.
December 20, 2023 | News/Press Release
ADOT MVD has the most options to carry a digital ID
Arizonans can now keep a digital driver license or state ID in Samsung Wallet on their Samsung Galaxy smartphone, making Arizona the first state to offer four options to keep your digital ID in your phone.
October 18, 2023 | News/Press Release
ADOT MVD gives Arizona residents another way to carry their ID
Arizona is among the first few states in the nation whose residents can add their MVD-issued driver license or state ID card to Google Wallet and securely present it as a valid ID at select TSA airport security checkpoints.
September 21, 2023 | News/Press Release
Motor Vehicle Division station helps Phoenix facility’s clients get state-issued IDs
An Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division office opened on the Human Services Campus near downtown Phoenix issued state IDs to 780 people in August, its first full month of operations.
August 8, 2023 | News/Press Release
Motor Vehicle Division station helps Phoenix facility’s clients get state-issued IDs
A partnership between the Homeless ID Project and the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is enabling clients at the Human Services Campus near downtown Phoenix to get replacement state-issued IDs without having to travel several miles to the nearest MVD office.
May 31, 2023 | News/Press Release
Deadline is May 2025 if you wish to use state credential for travel
With just under two years remaining before the federal deadline for domestic airline travelers to have a federally compliant ID, the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division has issued 2,013,187 – and counting – Arizona Travel ID cards.
March 23, 2022 | News/Press Release
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division embraces the motto, “Out of the line and safely on the road.” This is a nod to MVD’s commitment to putting Arizonans first by reducing in-office wait times and offering customers a growing number of digital options.
Today, ADOT MVD is aiming higher – literally – and that motto could easily be revised to “out of the line and safely in the sky.”
December 9, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John LaBarbera / ADOT Communications
In 1995, the Suns Gorilla paid a visit to the MVD and left a licensed driver.
November 18, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications
It was only seven years ago that the Arizona state mammal, the ringtail, was the subject of a statewide naming contest. It was part of the 2014 redesigned driver licenses.
January 26, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Doug Pacey / ADOT Communications
What can a top single on the Billboard Hot 100 teach us about driving? Well, let us tell you!
January 12, 2021 | Blog Articles
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director
Governor Doug Ducey recently signed an executive order about driver license renewal. Here's how that helps out 75,000 Arizona residents during the current public health situation.
May 1, 2020 | Blog Articles
By Lourdes Lerma / ADOT Communications
As summer arrives, many teens will be spending more time practicing their driving skills and preparing for the driver license test. Along with the preparation can come a struggle between parent and teen of how to drive and who "knows it best." Today's driving quiz aims to help settle the debate. Parents and teens, take the quiz separately to see who really "knows it best!" For those wanting to take the quiz in Spanish, a Spanish version is immediately below the English version. Good luck!
March 23, 2020 | News/Press Release
For the most current information about MVD services and appointments, visit azdot.gov/mvd.
*** Updated information December 2020 ***
May 22, 2019 | Blog Articles
For those who have their driver licenses suspended, we've made ordering a temporary ID card as easy as visiting ServiceArizona.com.
May 16, 2019 | News/Press Release
Arizona motorists who’ve had their Driver License suspended may now order a temporary six-month I.D. card online at ServiceArizona.com. Until now, this service required an in-person visit to an Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division office.
May 7, 2019 | News/Press Release
Veterans of the U.S. military who operated large vehicles as part of their service may qualify for an Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division military skills test waiver when applying for a commercial driver license.