The Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha yase-US yenza isikhalazo esiqondile kwabezindaba zaseMelika: sicela usho umnqamulajuqu wangomhla zi-1 kuMfumfu wezi-2020 wokusetshenziswa kwe-REAL ID emzuliswaneni walo nyaka wezindaba zokuhamba ze-Thanksgiving.
Nge-Thanksgiving elandelayo, igunya lokuba nomazisi ohambisana ne-REAL ID yokuhamba ngendiza lizosebenza ngokugcwele—futhi cishe ama-57% abantu baseMelika abawazi nhlobo lowo mnqamulajuqu, ngokusho kwedatha ekhishwe yi-US Travel ngoSepthemba.
Ucwaningo lwezokuvakasha lwase-US luphinde lwathola ukuthi cishe abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-99 kungenzeka bengenalo uhlobo lwe-REAL ID—ilayisensi yokushayela ehambisanayo, ipasipoti, noma i-ID yezempi—ngesikhathi socwaningo. Noma ubani ozovela esikhumulweni sezindiza ngo-Okthoba 1 ozayo ngaphandle komazisi ofanele angaba sengcupheni yokuvinjwa ekungeneni endizeni.
Abaholi Bezokuvakasha base-US besaba ukuthi abantu abahamba ngezikhathi ezithile kuphela, njengokuvakashela imindeni ngamaholide, yibona abangase bathinteke—okwenza uhambo lwalo nyaka lweholide lube yithuba elibalulekile lokusabalalisa izwi mayelana ne-REAL ID.
“Ukuntula ulwazi okuphawulekayo kungenye yezinselelo esibhekana nazo njengoba umnqamulajuqu wokusetshenziswa kwe-REAL ID usondela ngonyaka ozayo,” kusho uMongameli we-US Travel Association kanye ne-CEO uRoger Dow. "Asikhathazeki nje kuphela ngemiphumela yangemva komnqamulajuqu yezikhathi ezinkulu zokuhamba njenge-Thanksgiving, kodwa futhi nokushuba okubalulekile kwama-DMV esifunda ngonyaka ozayo njengoba abantu bebanga ukuthola i-ID yabo yangempela."
Umlayezo okufanele uphindwe ukuze abantu #RealIDready, u-Dow uthe: Okungenani, hlola inkanyezi evela ekhoneni eliphezulu kwesokudla somazisi abaningi be-REAL—kodwa kuhle, xhumana ne-DMV yakho ngokuqondile ukuze uthole ukuthi kabusha iyahambisana.
"Amaholide yisikhathi lapho amaflaya angavamile kakhulu engase acabange ngokuhamba ngendiza, futhi kuhlale kunezindaba eziningi eziphathelene nezilinganiso zokuhamba ngamaholide nezimo ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseMelika," kusho uDow. “Izinyanga ezimbili ezizayo zizoba bucayi kakhulu ekuvaleni igebe lokuqwashisa nge-REAL ID. Sidinga ukuqaliswa okubanzi kuzo zonke izinhlaka zikahulumeni nezizimele ukuze umsebenzi wenziwe.”
I-US Travel ibilokhu ifinyelela kumfelandawonye obanzi wozakwethu-izinhlangano zikahulumeni, amabhodi ezokuvakasha asekhaya nawezifundazwe, nezinkampani zezokuvakasha ezinkulu nezincane, ukubala ezimbalwa-ukukhuthaza imizamo yokufundisa i-REAL ID.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Travel leaders fear that individuals who only travel occasionally, such as to visit family over the holidays, are most likely to be affected—making this year’s coverage of holiday travel a crucial opportunity to spread the word about REAL ID.
- By next Thanksgiving, the mandate to possess a REAL ID-compliant identity document for air travel will be in full effect—and about 57% of Americans are completely unaware of that deadline, according to data released by U.
- Travel has been reaching out to a wide coalition of partners—government agencies, local and state tourism boards, and large and small travel companies, to name a few—to encourage REAL ID education efforts.
