It’s been a three week process. Yes… three weeks, and I don’t mean waiting time either. It’s supposedly a “well known problem”, as four of the Apple phone representatives told me during the 16 phone call process of getting approved as a corporation for the Apple Developer iOS Program. Naturally, I run a fairly small shop here, so the only documentation I had to provide were the certificates of incorporation. If you’re incorporated in Delaware and your business resides in a different state under a DBA, this unfortunately does not work and you end up in the endless queue for a undisclosed length of time.
13 legal documents later, I finally found the one that clicked! If you’re a Delaware corporation, he’s the quickest way to get yourself approved if Apple rejects any documents you submit on their required list:
Along with the official state verified seal document that comes along with it, the Certificate of Authority does the job of linking your Delaware corporation to your local registered entity. This time, Apple returned the call within 15 minutes and sent me to the next registration step right away. Sixteenth time’s the charm!
