# \[URGENT\] REQUEST FOR MANUAL REVIEW FOR 403 PERMISSION\_DENIED. 'Your project has been denied access. Please contact support.' **URL:** \ **Category:** Gemini API\ **Tags:** api, ai-studio, gemini-api, gemini\ **Created:** [August 23, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/urgent-request-for-manual-review-for-403-permission-denied-your-project-has-been-denied-access-please-contact-support/179356 "2026-08-23T06:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ByteSized\_Media](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/bytesized_media/32/144886_2.png) [@ByteSized\_Media](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/ByteSized_Media)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/urgent-request-for-manual-review-for-403-permission-denied-your-project-has-been-denied-access-please-contact-support/179356/1 "2026-08-23T06:14:07Z")
Hello, I am requesting manual review to for my current project on google ai studio for gemini api. I am using this personally for Generating scripts and ideas for my videos, linking it to my github private project. I haven’t hit the limits of api calls for the models and even if I do I always have a fallback to call older models to keep my workflow working, google already tried to stop my gmail account once and I appealed and opened it back up clarifying that I was human. It says that I need to set up billing but I can’t really pay for it and I am content with the free tier, please remove this flag from my project so I could continue. ![image (2)](https://d3qe71uytubmmx.cloudfront.net/original/3X/a/6/a63dffac256f25e7f474875c6650a959b5c62f04.png) Project details Name Default Gemini Project Project name projects/6477552769.. Project number 6477552769.. Project id gen-lang-client-05836814.. If you need I can provide anything else through text or screenshots. ---
**Author:** ![ByteSized\_Media](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/bytesized_media/32/144886_2.png) [@ByteSized\_Media](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/ByteSized_Media)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/urgent-request-for-manual-review-for-403-permission-denied-your-project-has-been-denied-access-please-contact-support/179356/2 "2026-08-23T12:25:24Z")
I am still waiting for any possible solution, if I could get in touch with a google cloud engineer / tech support that can help me solve this problem as it caused my workflow to stop in it’s tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Pooja\_Kapse](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/pooja_kapse/32/24754_2.png) [@Pooja\_Kapse](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Pooja_Kapse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/urgent-request-for-manual-review-for-403-permission-denied-your-project-has-been-denied-access-please-contact-support/179356/3 "2026-08-25T08:05:09Z")
Hello @ByteSized_Media , Access to the free tier for this project is restricted by automated account verification checks. To restore access, upgrade the project to a paid tier by setting up prepayment in Google AI Studio ([https://aistudio.google.com](https://aistudio.google.com/)) or attaching a Google Cloud Billing account in the Google Cloud Console ([https://console.cloud.google.com/billing](https://console.cloud.google.com/billing)). ---
**Author:** ![Aakash\_Bansal](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/aakash_bansal/32/138491_2.png) [@Aakash\_Bansal](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Aakash_Bansal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/urgent-request-for-manual-review-for-403-permission-denied-your-project-has-been-denied-access-please-contact-support/179356/4 "2026-08-26T05:16:07Z")
Please ensure that you’ve completed [Phone Verification](https://myaccount.google.com/phone) and turned on [2-Step Verification (2SV)](https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/twosv) on the Google Account associated with your project. Once verified, retry your request or create a new API key in [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com). If verifying your account does not restore access (or if using a model requiring a paid tier), then as Pooja suggested, you might want to add prepayment credits directly in [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com) or attaching a Google Cloud Billing account in the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/billing) to resolve this.