Subject: Request for manual review – Gemini API access restricted Hello, My Google AI Studio project "fitness-ai-free" shows: Billing Tier: Unavailable When I try to use the Gemini API, I receive: 403 PERMISSION_DENIED "Your project has been denied a

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Subject: Request for manual review – Gemini API access restricted

Hello,

My Google AI Studio project “fitness-ai-free” shows:

Billing Tier: Unavailable

When I try to use the Gemini API, I receive:

403 PERMISSION_DENIED
“Your project has been denied access. Please contact support.”

I have completed phone verification and enabled 2-Step Verification
on my Google account.

I would like to use the Gemini API Free Tier for a personal
Spring Boot learning project.

Please review my project/account and restore Gemini API Free Tier
access if this restriction was applied in error.

Thank you.

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Hi @Shruti_Koladiya,
Please try the below steps:

  1. Check Model Availability & Rate Limits:

    • Ensure that the model you are requesting is available on your current plan. For example, not all models are available on the free tier. You can verify model availability, quotas, and limits on the AI Studio Rate Limit dashboard.

  2. Verify your Google Account:

  3. Upgrade to a Paid Tier:

    • If verifying your account does not restore access (or if using a model requiring a paid tier), you can unlock access by adding prepayment credits directly in Google AI Studio or attaching a Google Cloud Billing account in the Google Cloud Console.