Unable to complete Azure for Students verification without institutional email (High School / GitHub Student Pack)

Selim Selvi 0 Reputation points
2026-11-15T11:30:10.5166667+00:00

Hello,

I am a 16-year-old high school student in Turkey and a verified member of the GitHub Student Developer Pack. I am trying to activate my Azure for Students subscription, but I am blocked by two issues:

  1. High schools in Turkey do not provide institutional (.edu) email addresses to students, so automatic academic verification fails.
  2. When I try to open a support request through the Azure Portal for manual verification, I receive error AADSTS16000 because I do not have an active Azure tenant/subscription yet.
  3. Additionally, the Azure for Students (ages 13-17) registration link redirects directly to the general support page instead of an application form.

I have my official government-issued Student Certificate (e-Devlet barcode verified) and GitHub Student Developer Pack approval ready. Could a moderator please initiate a private message so I can share these documents for manual eligibility review?

Thank you!

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