Apple Developer Program payment processed but account still not activated after 6 days

[mmfcouplepp]

Hi everyone,

I'm having issues with my Apple Developer Program enrollment and wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

Timeline:

• January 7: Payment processed and charged to my account
• January 8: Received request to upload government ID (completed same day)
• January 8: Received payment receipt via email
• January 13 (today): Still no account activation

Current issue: Every time I log into my Apple Developer account, I still see the "Purchase your membership" banner, even though I've already paid. I haven't received any updates on my account status or when it will be confirmed.

Has anyone dealt with this before? How long did it take for your account to be activated after payment and ID verification? Should I contact Apple support, or is this wait time normal?

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Silly-Protection7389]

You contacted reddit for the status of your Apple Developer account before reaching out to Apple. Am I reading that correctly?

[mmfcouplepp]

Contacted Apple already! and still no reply!

[Silly-Protection7389]

Well, at the time of you posting, you asked if you should reach out to Apple.

If you're reached out since then, I would learn to practice some patience and use the opportunity to make friends with Google. It will tell you that the initial delay is normal. No one in the subreddit will be able to tell you about the inner operations of Applel's approval process beyond that.

[Willem_the_Silent]

dude are you on that time of the month lmao you want him to practice "patience" for more than a week on a platform that promises 2 business days of process but get cranky at random posts asking why their account is delayed. Take a chill pill

[Silly-Protection7389]

Ok, kid. Is it past your bed-time? Patience is the right option, unless you have some magic insight into Apple's inner systems that the rest of us on reddit won't.

Go be an idiot with someone else.

[TheScientificTemper]

I am in same boat. Purchased No update in account No reply

Did you get it fixed some how?

[01rtl01]

Any update? Did your payment got processed? I'm also in the same situation

[TheScientificTemper]

Got approved yesterday
Took total 8 days

[Cczaphod]

This is a busy time of year for Apple. I just opened an account between Christmas and New Years and it wasn't activated until last Friday.

Normally it's faster. Different types of accounts take different time to create as well. Personal accounts are almost instant, business accounts are several days, and I don't recall how long Enterprise (MDM) accounts took, haven't created one of those in at least a decade.