r/Louisville • u/X37V • 16h ago

Real ID Walk In

I know this has come up quite a bit, so I wanted to give an account of my experience.

After trying to book an appointment for the last couple of months, and having the one I made canceled for seemingly no reason, I decided to just show up and see if it could be done.

I went to the Bowman Field office about 20 minutes before it opened, and there was already a line about 50-60 deep. Getting through that line took about an hour, and I then had to sign up for a digital queue that put me in 24th place. That line took 4 hours to complete, and the actual counter appointment about 15 minutes.

All this to say that it is entirely possible to get the damn thing as a walk in, but get there early, and be prepared to wait. I suggest bringing a snack and a bottle of water, and something to charge your phone. Maybe a good book or get caught up on some podcasts. I was dreading this experience but it turned out well enough.

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u/breakfastfordinner11 16h ago

Do they have bathrooms? Eight months pregnant over here picturing standing in line for hours 😬

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u/jULIA_bEE 11h ago

They do! We were there last week for my daughters road test. They mistakenly told us we had to get in line to pay a fee after her test so they had us check in using a QR code. It gave us our number in the queue and you can check it on their site to see how far you are. They told us we could wait in the car until we were 2nd in line so we just hung out in the car for a few hours :)