Education Application Revoked

[hssong43]

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Question

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Verification Help & Guidance

Hi everyone,

The educational qualification was rejected for me. I am an international student currently on a leave of absence. My documents state that I am on a leave of absence, but my location seems to be the problem.

How can I get verified? Manual review in github support is seemingly not provided anymore...

[code-with-kishan]

Hi,

This situation actually comes up quite a bit with international or remote students, so you’re not alone.

From the message you shared, the issue isn’t really your leave of absence, it’s that GitHub can’t confidently match:

• your school → location → your current location

So their system assumes something doesn’t line up (especially if you’re in a different country and not marked as a virtual/remote student).

What you can do to fix it

1. Make sure your document clearly says you're remote / on leave
Your proof needs to explicitly show one of these:

• “remote learning” / “online student”
• or something equivalent tied to your current situation

If it only says “leave of absence” without context, it can get rejected.

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2. Reapply with a better document
Try uploading something like:

• Official letter from your university confirming:

  • you are still enrolled
  • your leave status
  • (important) that your studies are ongoing / valid

Even better if it mentions remote status or international status.

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3. Fix the school/location mismatch option
When submitting again, choose:

“My selected school has incorrect or incomplete information (domains or campus location)”

This is important — it flags your case differently in their system.

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4. Turn off VPN + enable location
This part is annoying but required:

• Disable VPN
• Enable browser location access
• Apply from your real location

Their system checks this strictly.

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5. About manual review
Manual review does still exist, but:

• It’s limited
• You only trigger it through the correct appeal options

If you just submit normally again, it may keep auto-rejecting.

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Honest takeaway

This isn’t you doing something wrong — it’s just GitHub’s verification being very location + data consistency based.

You basically need to:
👉 prove you’re a valid student
👉 AND make your situation (remote / leave / international) explicit in the document

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If you want, you can paste what your document says (remove personal info), and I can tell you exactly what might be causing the rejection 👍