Student Discount Issues - ''Phone number's country code is not supported''

[user-removed]

Plan

Premium for Students

Country

Bangladesh

Device

Laptop

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Hi, I am facing trouble while signing up for to Premium for Students plan. It says "Phone number's country code is not supported" on SheerID verification page. What is the solution? 

[vikesyy]

Plan:

Student Premium

Country:

Pakistan

Device:

iPhone 8 & MacBook Pro (Safari, Not using Incognito)

Operating System:

iOS 13 & MaOS Catalina

Issue:

Hi,

I'm trying to get the Student Premium Subscription. While on Sheer ID Student Verification Screen, I get the following Error:

Phone number's country code is not supported.

I have tried on My Laptop and Phone. Same Issue. Kindly guide/help to solve the above mentioned issue.

Thanks

[imbigsmall]

I'm having the same issue when verifying for a Student Premium service in Pakistan!

[Mihail]

Hey @imbigsmall and @vikesyy,

Thanks for searching for the answer you need here.

Please note that we partner with SheerID to verify your student status. This means that If you have any issues with the verification process itself you can reach out to the folks at SheerID here.

You can apply for the discount and get verified by heading here. Once verified you will receive a confirmation email with an activation link for the discount. This Spotify Answer has some more useful info on the discount.

Hope you find this useful. Keep us posted how you get on.

[imbigsmall]

I've found a workaround! You can leave the phone number column blank. This way they'll only contact you through email. That will work. Hope this helps!

[AyuTheHuman]

Hi there!

There's another person who had similar issues, and I thought since the other post got a comment from a Moderator + What seems to me like a solution, I wanted to share it with you.

As in this post here , the advice from a Moderator is to "Please note that we partner with SheerID to verify your student status. This means that If you have any issues with the verification process itself you can reach out to the folks at SheerID here.

You can apply for the discount and get verified by heading here. Once verified you will receive a confirmation email with an activation link for the discount. This Spotify Answer has some more useful info on the discount."

One comment on that post says "I've found a workaround! You can leave the phone number column blank. This way they'll only contact you through email. That will work. Hope this helps!" 

Hope this helps!

[heisenbaig48]

worked for me too

[SaadHassanArif]

Plan

Premium

Country

Pakistan

My Question or Issue

Spotify just got launched in Pakistan and I want to buy the student plan but I am unable to do so. The problem I am facing is that SheerID states that the "Phone number's country code is not supported", therefore I cannot proceed. I have tried different browsers and incognito mode but nothing is helping. Kindly let me know if there is any solution. 

[AyuTheHuman]

Hi there!

There are a lot of people posting about this issue!

Good news: there seems to be a solution!

In this article: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Premium-for-Students/Verification-Country-Code-not-Supported/td-p/5... a Moderator wrote:

"Please note that we partner with SheerID to verify your student status. This means that If you have any issues with the verification process itself you can reach out to the folks at SheerID here."

You can apply for the discount and get verified by heading here. Once verified you will receive a confirmation email with an activation link for the discount. This Spotify Answer has some more useful info on the discount.

Another user commented, "I've found a workaround! You can leave the phone number column blank. This way they'll only contact you through email. That will work. Hope this helps!"

Therefore, I think the solution is to leave the phone number column blank.

Hope this helps!

[Elena]

Hey folks,

Thanks for reporting this issue to us.

We've got reports that this is happening to users in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria. We’ve passed your info on to the relevant team, who are currently looking into it.

For now we can recommend that you don't fill in any phone number when registering.

If you’re experiencing this issue, make sure to click +VOTE and Subscribe to the thread to be notified of any developments.

Thanks! We’ll keep you posted and let you know as soon as we have any updates on this.

[Elena]

Hey folks,

Thanks for your patience while we looked into this issue.

We’re happy to say that this should now be fixed for everyone! Just make sure your app is updated to the latest version.

If you're still having trouble, make sure to post a new thread in the relevant help board here.

Thanks!