Some San Diego County DMV offices to open early to handle REAL ID appointments

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The deadline to acquire a REAL ID to board domestic flights and access secure federal facilities is a month away.Because of that, starting April 14 and continuing until June 27, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will open select offices in San Diego County an hour early for REAL ID appointments on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 7 a.m.

to 8 a.m.Those offices include the following:San Diego Clairemont (4375 Derrick Drive)San Marcos (590 Rancheros Drive)El Cajon (1450 Graves Ave.



)Poway (13461 Community Road)“We’re excited to offer Californians earlier hours this spring and summer,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon. “These additional appointments will make it easier than ever to obtain a REAL ID.”Gas prices continue climbing in San Diego County: Here’s whyPassed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses and identification cards,” according to the U.

S. Department of Homeland Security.Californians looking to apply for a REAL ID should fill out the online application and upload their documents at REALID.

dmv.ca.gov.

Uploaded documents should then be brought to a DMV office to complete the application, which should take only about 15 minutes in the office if the process was started online.Regular DMV office hours are from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, while office hours on Wednesdays open from 9 a.

m. to 5 p.m.

.