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For those who don’t want to go back and read the whole story – My Biggest Mistake with Google AdSense<\/a>, here is a quick recap…<\/p>\nUnverified PIN\/Phone<\/h2>\n
I was expecting my 1st paycheck from Google AdSense as I was about to reach the payout threshold. But last month on May 17, I was shocked to find only Public Service Advertisements<\/a> (PSAs) on my blog. I logged into my AdSense Account & found the following message:<\/p>\n \u201c Your pages are displaying Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) because you haven\u2019t yet verified your PIN and\/or phone number. See the Payment History page for more details \u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After exploring a bit into my account, I also ‘discovered’ that 4 months back they had sent the PIN to my payment address. I requested a fresh PIN on May 17. I didn’t receive it and requested it again for the last and final time on June 8. I didn’t receive the PIN till June 14.<\/p>\n Though there\u2019s no direct way to reach Google AdSense support, there\u2019s definitely a process in place. Fortunately, they had activated a button named something like Contact Support <\/strong>on June 14. <\/strong>I pressed that button and I was surprised to find a reply from the Google AdSense Support team on the very next day.<\/p>\n The Support team has provided two options:<\/p>\n I was 100% confident that the address mentioned in the AdSense account was accurate and working. So, I opted for the second option. The 2nd option had the following details:<\/p>\n \u201cYou can respond to this email and attach scanned proof of your payee name and mailing address as provided in your account. Some examples of valid proof include driver\u2019s license, passport, government issued identity card, etc. Please note that we\u00a0will not accept IDs<\/span> with\u00a0handwritten contact information<\/span>, and the information printed on your ID\u00a0must be in English<\/span>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I enclosed a scanned copy of:<\/p>\n Though the passport was enough to verify my identity as it contained the same Payee Name and Payment address as mentioned in my AdSense account.<\/p>\n Then why did I enclose the other two documents? Because, the passport was handwritten, I was a bit skeptical about its acceptance as the support team had clearly mentioned they won\u2019t accept handwritten IDs.<\/p>\n Thankfully after two days, on June 17, I received the following mail:<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for your email. After verifying your ID proof, I am happy to let you know that I have\u00a0manually overridden your PIN<\/span> requirement and you won’t be required to enter another PIN for this account in the future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And exactly after 1 month, the regular AdSense Ads were appearing in my account.<\/p>\n One more tip:<\/strong><\/em> After the removal of the PIN hold, you must check your account to check if you have removed the Tax hold<\/span>. For non-US citizens, it\u2019s just a formality as they don\u2019t need to submit anything but they do need to go through a few multiple-choice questions, and finally write their name and Submit. Entering your name and submitting is equivalent to signing the agreement.<\/p>\n Now my Google AdSense account is free of any hold and earning $$$.<\/p>\n Guest author Basant Narayan Singh is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist. He writes about cloud computing service and web technology at <\/em>Techno-Pulse.com<\/em>\u00a0and recently wrote about India Based Cloud Computing Service Providers. Image credits to <\/em>pfala<\/em><\/a> under CC license.\u00a0You can also share your Adsense tips and <\/em>guestblog<\/em><\/a> on QOT.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How I got my Google Adsense hold removed? 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Adsense Account\u00a0 Activated<\/h2>\n
Remove Tax Hold<\/h2>\n