Request to Remove Restriction and Restore Free Tier Gemini API Access

Hello Google Gemini API Team,

I am requesting a manual review of my Gemini API project because its Free Tier access has been restricted.

Google AI Studio shows:

Billing Tier: Unavailable
Status: Restricted

It displays this message:
“This Project’s API access is restricted. Please set up billing to continue.”

I do not want to enable billing or use the Paid Tier. I only want to use the eligible Free Tier of the Gemini API for legitimate, low-volume development and testing.

I have completed:

  • Age verification
  • Phone verification
  • 2-Step Verification

The Gemini API is enabled in Google Cloud, and my API key is properly restricted to the Gemini API. I also checked the API quota and there is no indication that the normal quota has been exhausted.

I kindly request that you manually review my project and remove the restriction if there is no policy or security violation, so I can continue using the eligible Free Tier without enabling billing or making any payment.

If there is a specific reason for this restriction, please let me know what I need to do to restore my Free Tier access.

Project Name: Gemini Project 02
Project ID: gemini-project-02-5075..

Thank you for your assistance.