Manual Review Request – Billing Tier Still Unavailable After Phone Verification and 2-Step Verification

Gemini API
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Hello,

I am still unable to access the Gemini API Free Tier. Google AI Studio continues to show “Billing Tier: Unavailable.”

I have now completed the following troubleshooting steps:

Phone number added to the Google account

2-Step Verification enabled

Created a new API key

Tested with a new Google Cloud project

Waited for the account changes to propagate

The issue still remains.

Project ID: gen-lang-client-08291249..

Could you please manually review whether my Google account is still restricted from Gemini API Free Tier access?

I am specifically requesting a review of the Gemini API Free Tier restriction, not the Google AI Developers Forum account status.

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Thank you.

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I checked the Google Account Age Verification page, but there is no verification prompt available. My date of birth is already correctly set.

Phone verification and 2-Step Verification are completed, and I also created a new API key.

However, Google AI Studio still shows “Billing Tier: Unavailable.”

Could you please confirm what additional step is required to restore Free Tier access without enabling paid billing?

3

I don’t think there is a way to get restored. All we get is just the same response over and over telling us to set up billing when we want to try out the free tier first. It looks like the only way is to create another account to me but probably will get restricted again.

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I found a form I was able to submit to on Google Cloud. Hopefully, I’ll get some real help. I will let you know how it goes once / if I get a response.