Repeated rejections on my application to get a free license to Github Copilot as a teacher!

[bdasarathy]

Hi everyone,

This is the rejection mail I got.
"Hey Dasarathy,Balakrishnan,

Unfortunately, we were unable to verify your academic affiliation based on the information you submitted on Dec 23, 2025 for @bdasarathy.

Please complete your GitHub billing information with your full name exactly as it appears in your academic affiliation document. You do not have to add a payment method. You may need to log out and log back in to GitHub before reapplying. If you have only a single legal name, enter it in both the first and last name fields.

You are unlikely to be verified until you have completed your GitHub user profile with your full name exactly as it appears in your academic affiliation document. Please do not use a variation of your name or a nickname. Once you have updated your profile information log out and log back into GitHub before re-applying.

Once you have resolved the issues with your submission, visit us again and reapply.

Have questions? Please seek help via our Student Developer Pack Application FAQ or visit the GitHub Education Community."

I have filled up my GitUhb billing imformation and profile, I believe, correctly. This is my fourth rejection.

I suspect the problem is somewhere else. Most likely, this is a standard reply for rejection. If you can help me to get over the hump or help me with the contact information of the person who can help me to get over this problem, that will be great. Thank you,

Balakrishnan Dasarathy

[shermsql]

Hi Balakrishnan,
Sorry to hear about the fourth rejection — this is super frustrating, I know.
Almost everyone gets this generic "Unable To Verify" email, and in 90% of persistent cases like yours, the real issue is a Tiny Mismatch In The Name (GitHub's Automated System Is Extremely Strict About This).
Things to double check very carefully.

Your Full Name in your GitHub profile and in Billing Information must match Letter For Letter, Space For Space, Case Sensitive exactly what appears in your academic document.

• Include middle name if present (Don't Omit It).
• If you have only a single legal name, enter it in Both first and last name fields.
• No nicknames, initials only, different order.

After any change — Log Out And Log Back In (Some People Even Needed To Try From Another Browser/Device Because Of Cache/Session Issues)
Make sure your uploaded document clearly shows, your full name, the complete school name (Not Just Logo), and a Current Date (Enrollment Year/Semester, Valid Through Date).
If the document is not in English, many people had success by photographing the original + an English translation side by side.

A lot of people in similar threads finally got approved after fixing exactly one small name difference (Missing Middle Name, Different Spelling/Accent).