I am presently in Dubai n I want to buy apps from Apple US store and I keep receiving my account is not valid for use in US store, can someone explain why?

You have to have a shipping address and charge account in the country of the store that you are trying to buy from.

You also have to be physically present in the country. So unless you travel to the US, you cannot use the US ITunes Store.

regards.

No, Jim is correct. If you want to but from a particular country's store, you must have a credit card in that country, that is registered to an address in that country as well. That is why you are not able to do what you are trying to do.

Demo is right if you want to buy a paid app in the US app store you must have a cc registered on a particular address in the US.

I myself reside in India and have an account on the US app store, I haven't uploaded any cc info but my uncle stays in US, so I uploaded his shipping address. In order to make free app purchases from the US app store you need not have a US credit card but you need to have a US address atleast.

Hope this helped.

Regards,

Shridhar Sukhani.

I have been trying to search for the full legalese that explains this but I haven't been able to find it yet. The bottom line is that your credit card must be registered to an address in the country in which you want to purchase the content.

If you want to call it an "Apple thing" you can, but the reason that Apple does this is because not all content is legally available in every country in the world so if a person is trying to circumvent that legality by purchasing from another country, this "Apple thing" might prevent one from doing that. Apple may not be licensed to sell music in all countries, or certain apps (for instance FaceTime in Dubai) in all countries - whether it has to do with the vendors' licensing and copyright restrictions - or government restrictions.

And yes, even free apps would come under these terms. Apps like Pandora Radio and Netfilx are only available in certain countries - IIRC. Using your credit card to purchase an online subscription is based on whatever the terms are for that particular vendor.

If you want to buy a paid app on the US app store then you gotta arrange for an apple app store gift card. Did the same for buying Pages, Keynote and Numbers.

Regards,

Shridhar Sukhani.

Demo, as I recall, the information is in the iTunes Store Terms of Sale. The link doesn't show up on the iPad but on a computer, it's at the bottom of the iTunes Store main page. I'll try to remember to pull it up when I get home.

Na2709 wrote:

Thanks for the reply Varjak; but, I don't think you need to be physically present in the U.S. to make an online purchasing from online American stores, it just does not make sense with the whole concept of online purchasing.

Regards.

Sorry, but you are wrong. When you are talking about the iTunes Store you absolutely do. From the terms of use of the US iTunes Store (emphasis mine):

The iTunes Service is available to you only in the United States, its territories, and possessions. You agree not to use or attempt to use the iTunes Service from outside these locations. Apple may use technologies to verify your compliance.

All iTunes Stores have similar terms restricting use to those within the relevant country.

So again, you cannot use any iTunes Store other than that of the UAE unless you travel to another country.

Regards.