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Does Apple allow for the users who don't live in America to use American accounts
iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
No, it's not allowed.
You must have an address and credit card in America.
No, it's not allowed.
You must have an address and credit card in America.
So what can we do? because in our country we can't have paid apps and there are a lot of apps we can't download
Write to the app developer. it's the apps developer decision where their apps should be available.
But what is the problem in this I only change my location when I make the email to America instead of Iraq and use zip of california what is the problem for apple
You cannot and should not cheat.
You are not allowed to do that. Stop trying.
If Apple discovers your violation of the terms and conditions for iOS, iTunes, the appstore they will disable your accounts.
You will still need a legitimate address in the US.
what do you mean
Muj2000 wrote:
what do you mean
What it says:
You need a real physical address in the US that is verifiable.
In one word, I live in Iraq and I have American Account does Apple allow me to use it, yes or no.
No.
OK, if I take an account from a friend in America. Is there any problem
Yes there is a problem. You can NOT do that.
Muj2000 wrote:
OK, if I take an account from a friend in America. Is there any problem
Yes, that is fraud. Also, in addition to having a valid U.S. address, you would also need to be IN the U.S. when purchasing and downloading.
Muj2000 wrote:
In one word, I live in Iraq and I have American Account does Apple allow me to use it, yes or no.
You need two things to use a specific country's store. You need a form of payment based in that country like a credit card issued by a bank in that country. And that account must be linked to a postal address in the same country and be the same as the billing address of the payment account being used. So in the USA for example, you would need a credit card from a USA bank, and the address you use must be the same as the billing address for the card and must be a USA street address (I.e. Not a P.O. Box address). When you create the account, a temporary authorization hold will be placed on the payment account to verify all that information. The reason is very simple - Apple is required to collect all appropriate US federal, state and local taxes on all sales, and those taxes are determined by the address you are using (i.e. Taxes differ around the country).
American accounts
