Sjana Lee Dreyer-Bauer was born to two American citizens on a U.S. military base in West Germany. She’s lived in the U.S. her entire life. She has a Social Security card, voter registration, and had a valid U.S. passport. She is—without question—an American.

And yet, the Virginia DMV refuses to issue her a Real ID.

Why? Because of a paperwork technicality no one told her about until it was too late. A document called an FS-240 form, issued only after 2011 and only for those under 18, is now required. She doesn’t qualify for it—and the document she does have, a signed U.S. Report of Child Born Abroad, is being rejected. Without a Real ID, Sjana can’t fly domestically. She can’t visit her elderly, ailing mother. She can’t help her family in an emergency. She’s trapped, despite doing everything right.

This is a deeply unfair and dangerous gap in the Real ID system—and Sjana’s not the only one it could affect.

We’re calling on:

• The Virginia DMV and Governor Glenn Youngkin to approve Sjana’s Real ID immediately
• Congressman Morgan Griffith and federal lawmakers to push for a fix for all citizens born abroad on U.S. military bases
• The Department of Homeland Security to clarify and expand acceptable documents for Real ID eligibility
   

No American citizen should be told they don’t count because of a form. Sjana deserves better. So do the many others who may be quietly facing the same problem.

Let’s fix this—before it keeps more Americans grounded.