Am I not eligible for the GitHub Copilot Student Plan?

[seoeungyul]

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Hi everyone,

I had previously verified my student status on GitHub (on June 21, 2024), but when I checked my email today, I saw a message saying my GitHub Pro subscription was about to expire. I remembered hearing that I would need to re-verify my status at some point, so I thought it might be time and went through the re-verification process—only to be rejected. I uploaded my student ID, but it was rejected because it didn’t include the school logo or the school name. (But the student ID clearly had the logo and school name on it.)
Then, my student benefits were immediately removed from my account.
After that, I successfully re-verified by uploading a proof of enrollment, but I found out I have to wait three days, and that new sign-ups for the GitHub Copilot Student Plan are no longer available.
Does this mean I can’t use the Student Plan and have to wait three more days?

This text was translated using DeepL, and I’m not very good at English. There may be some mistranslations.

[maheerCodes]

hey @seoeungyul 👋. your english is fine, no worries.

sorry about the wrong rejection ,,, that shouldnt have happened given your ID was correct.

good news though ,,,"copilot student plan signup unavailable" doesnt mean youre blocked. github merged that into copilot free (available to everyone now) and copilot pro (comes with verified student/github pro status).your enrollment proof was already accepted, so the 3-day wait is just processing time for your github pro to reactivate ,, copilot pro should come with it automatically,,,,, no separate signup needed.

in the meantime, check github.com/settings/copilot,,, copilot free might already work for you.

good luck ❤️❤️❤️

[xniperbuilds]

The 3-day wait is just GitHub Education's review queue — not a punishment for the failed verification. Once your proof of enrollment gets approved, your Student Pack benefits come back automatically.
On the Copilot thing: GitHub changed the free Student Copilot plan in early 2025, so new signups aren't available the same way anymore. But since you were already verified before that change, you should still be eligible once your Education status is reinstated. After approval, check github.com/settings/copilot — if it doesn't re-enable on its own, go back to the Education dashboard and reapply from there.
The ID rejection is annoying but it happens a lot — GitHub's automated system chokes on perfectly valid IDs all the time. Proof of enrollment is actually the cleaner document anyway, so you're in a better spot now than if you'd kept fighting with the ID.
If 72 hours pass and your status is still "pending," email education@github.com with your submission reference. They sort it out pretty quickly once a human looks at it.