Apple Developer Membership Still Pending After $99 Payment and Official Invoice

Hello Apple Developer Community,

My name is Rander Darío Aguilar Guevara, and I am an independent developer from Costa Rica.

On October 14, 2026, I enrolled in the Apple Developer Program and paid the annual membership fee of USD 99.

The payment was successfully charged to my bank account, and I received official invoices and purchase confirmation from Apple.

However, my account still shows "Pending" and continues to display the message:

"Purchase your membership."

When I try to access App Store Connect, I receive:

"Your Apple Account isn't enabled for App Store Connect."

I have already contacted Apple Developer Support, but my membership remains inactive.

I have not attempted to purchase the membership again because I want to avoid being charged twice.

My questions are:

Has anyone experienced this issue after receiving an official Apple invoice?

How was your membership eventually activated?

Is there a way to request a manual verification of the payment and enrollment?

Can an Apple representative advise on the next steps?

I am currently trying to publish my first iOS application, Seguimos Futsal, and this issue is preventing me from moving forward.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Exact same thing happened to me. I manually renewed my membership on September 10 2026, Apple charged the credit card and sent an invoice. Couple days after I was getting messages that membership expires soon - I thought it is a glitch, but no, it eventually expired on Oct 12 and now my published apps were removed from the AppStore.

Also tried to contact support, but so far I had no luck. It has been a week now.

Welcome to the community 👀

same happened to me waiting still one week, noone replay to my support ticket and I am charged 99 $