Family sharing - Wrong country/region on invite

Great you found a solution that works for you but that doesn’t help us because the invitee is a child account. That account cannot be the organizer. Apple is dropping the ball on this big time. They are aware of this issue and not providing a solution or software fix is unacceptable on an 800 dollar device.

The error is referring to the Country / Region set for his Apple ID, not his physical location.

Looks like he has it set to a country or region that is different to yours and your wife's.

click here ➜ Change your Apple ID country or region - Apple Support

For Family Sharing all members must have their Apple ID set to the same country.

Sure that’s an option I suppose but we are paying Apple a monthly fee to share iCloud storage and they have a bug in the system and are not providing any solutions. So disappointing.

Same issue on my iPhone 15 Pro. What worked for me, as mentioned by others in this thread, was to accept the invite from another Apple Device (in my case a MacBook Pro). The error never showed up on my Mac, took a couple seconds for my phone to figure out what was up and everything works flawlessly now. Weird that Apple doesn't have an official solution for this.

This issue was happening to me on my iPhone 15 Pro. I was trying to switch from my dad's family plan to a new plan through an invite link texted to me by my sister but kept getting this wrong country error message (even though I checked and we are both set to USA). I found a solution which was use my laptop iMessage to copy the link that my sister texted me on my laptop and paste it into a browser on my laptop. I could immediately sign in to join her plan! FYI, if you are switching from one family plan to another, you need to leave the current one first before trying to join the new one, it won't do it for you.

I was having the same issue but figured it out.

The only way for Apple to know if you are in the same family is the address.

So, I added a second credit card with my address, and I asked my husband to do the same. Make sure the addresses are identical.

I removed the credit card I had(You can go back to it once the sharing works)

Then -> very important, you need to 'remove' the invite you previously sent.

You can click on the name of the person, and click on 'remove invite'

Then, try the option 'invite in person'

If you are trying to add a minor, the request will be sent to the parent,

if you are an adult, accept the invite. The error will be gone.

Now you can go back to your credit card and update it to the one you originally had.

I had all the same problems but have solved them.

Originally, I set up family sharing on MY iphone and sent an invitation to my wife's iphone, but her phone kept saying "wrong country/region." The workaround for me was to, instead, set up family sharing on HER phone first (the one that wouldn't accept my invitation/was giving the wrong country msg) and have her iphone invite my iphone. I accepted her invitation. Once we did that, sharing worked fine.

I had the same issue when sending the invite via iMessage. Both Apple accounts were set to the same region.

I got around this by using the "Invite in person" option.

Family Sharing > Add Member (top right icon) > + Invite Others > Invite in Person. Enter the Apple ID and password.

This solution worked for me. Hopefully Apple fix this issue soon.

Just wanted to post that I did what one individual stated after trying other multiple attempts - and I did NOT want to delete any subscriptions or change to another country - I simply STOPPED Family Sharing - restarted Family Sharing - sent out invites - and all went as planned - no error messages stating "Country/Region Did Not Match". It worked flawlessly and effortlessly!

I used the Apple care text help and basically we all signed out, signed back in. Then removed the member having problems from the family group and added again and that worked.

If it was set to the same country, then it would not issue the error. The error is clear, and there is no way it can be wrong.

Please verify both accounts are set to the same country.

If he moved to a different country at any point, he may have changed his Apple ID, and never changed it back.

Is he replying directly from the iPhone the screen shot was taken from?

If so, is his iPhone logged in to the same Apple ID for Media & Purchases and iCloud?

If all else is correctly set up, then it may be best to contact Apple Support directly and see if they can figure out something from their side.

click here ➜ https://getsupport.apple.com

Make sure on both accounts new and old the payment info its up to date .

Add them in person option. Ive been trying forever and apple support could not help either multiple times.

I just now got it . I was able to move my kids account to my new family account . Hope this helps y'all!!