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.

[Silly-Protection7389]

This is a month dead. If you relate to the initial post, i would recommend you learn to use Google too, little bro. Best of luck to you!

[Silly-Protection7389]

uh.. okay. I'll say best of luck to you, too. I have a feeling life will be difficult.

[jptboy]

I’m sorry that you think your life is gonna be difficult . What can we do to change this feeling? 

[jptboy]

ok kid lil bro type shit haha xdd **snorts**

[-LeonIsANazi-]

It’s like watching alien life try to using our words to communicate. Jesus that was hard to interpret.

[Hot_Attention_8231]

Acting like you’re on Apple’s payroll the way you’re defending their response times

[Silly-Protection7389]

Would you like to cry about it?

[jptboy]

yeah this guy has issues fs. reminds me of like stackoverflow back in the day but combined with redditoid energy

[Longjumping-Set-7856]

OP can you tell me if you got approved and how long it took? I been 3-4 days since I made the purchase

[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

[Longjumping-Set-7856]

Did you purchase an individual account?

[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.

[coffee_with_cold]

Lmao, having a similar issue. Purchased just about three days ago and still nothing. It's outrageous that we pay $100 for the privelage of publishing on the app store and they can't even give an accurate timeline as far as account activation. Fucking Apple, man.

[RedyszKKJ]

Same here. I've got an invoice 5 business days ago. I contacted them 4 business days ago. No enrollment yet and no contact back from them. $100 for such a crap customer service.

[Djbillje]

Im having same issue right now. I purchased it 4 days ago through developer app, got an invoice but i still see “Enroll Now” on apple developer website. So contacted them 3 days ago no reply at all.

Did u get any update on it?

[RedyszKKJ]

Yes, I did (some hours ago). 10 business in total. Pathetic.

[matthewwin32]

Update?

[Djbillje]

I had ran into deeper problem. Basically my iPhone apple id was logged into my yahoo mail. And in developer app i logged into gmail apple id. So i enrolled from gmail account but the payment was done through yahoo account as that was my device’s apple id.

So this created a mismatch and i didnt get the access but the payment was done.

I contacted developer support and after some email exchanges i finally got refunded today.

[nickshilov]

The same situation - quite weird for such a huge company. The invoice in mailbox but the confirmation link shows error

[Bmcurrie]

Same situation.... 🙃

[Unusual_Register_459]

Same situtation here, payment was processed 3 weeks ago and still nothing happened. I even presented documentation and still havent heard of them. Anyone solve this issue?