The Department of Public Safety has just notified the community that their license system remains down and members of the public have raised concerns about it. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was given a temporary certificate when I renewed my license but to date, I haven\u2019t received an update on when my ID would be issued. It\u2019s been over a week,\u201d said a concerned motorist. <\/p>\n
The motorist, a 26-year-old, stated that she had renewed her driver\u2019s license over a week ago and she has yet to be told when it would be ready and it has become frustrating. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf their system is down, I understand, but we need IDs like at the banks and it\u2019s more convenient for me to carry around a license instead of a passport. We should at least know when we can expect them,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Department of Public Safety\u2019s Bureau of Motor Vehicles confirmed over the weekend that its Real ID driver\u2019s license system is undergoing maintenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
DPS stated that while their system remains down, BMV will continue to issue temporary licenses. <\/p>\n
This means that motorists applying for a Real ID or a non-Real ID driver\u2019s license will be issued a temporary certificate, which will be valid for 15 days. Once the Real ID machine\u00a0maintenance is completed, those temporary certificates will be replaced with a regular Real ID or non-Real ID driver\u2019s license cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the event the maintenance of the machines is not completed in 15 days, the temporary certificates can be updated free of charge by BMV, DPS said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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