The epic saga of registering an Apple Developer Account for my company seems to have been successfully resolved. The full story can be read here
My account has been approved, I've paid the membership fee, and everything appears to be in order.
Huge thanks to everyone, especially the Apple staff members who didn't stay indifferent and went out of their way to help.
Current status:
My developer account is active. I can sign in to https://developer.apple.com/account and see that everything looks fine - there are no pending actions on my side (no agreements to sign, etc.), and the account appears completely normal.
However, when I try to sign in to App Store Connect, I get the following error:
To access App Store Connect, you must be an individual or team member in the Apple Developer Program, or invited by an individual to access their content in App Store Connect. (https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/login?errorKey=ITC.signin.error.invalidUser.asc)
I'm attaching a screenshot.
What I've already tried:
- Clearing browser cache, trying different browsers and devices, and waiting for some time — none of this helped.
- On May 9, I submitted a support request (Case ID: 20000112974233), but I still haven't received a response. My guess is that my account may have exhausted its Apple Developer Support request limit, since during the original issue I sent dozens of messages and may have used up my quota. This is just a hypothesis, but if I'm right, I would be very grateful if my ability to receive Apple Developer Support could be restored. Thank you in advance.
For reference: similar case:
I also did some research and found that another forum user had the same issue, which was resolved through Apple Developer Support (hopefully this helps point in the right direction):
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255265181
Thanks in advance for any help!