Issue rejoining

[AshishMahabal]

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Hi everyone,

Hi, I had an approved github educator status, and it seems that it got cancelled at some point for some reason. I tried to reconnect but am having dicfficulties as I am traveling in another country. My institute is the same as before, so essentiall nothing has changed. Is there a way to use the older authenticated material? Or is there any other way?

[rudra6155]

Hi,

As far as I know there's no way to reuse the old approval. Once teacher status lapses you have to apply again, and GitHub's docs ask for proof of your current employment with at least one date clearly visible on it. So the documents from your first application probably won't be accepted again. A recent employment letter, or a faculty ID with a valid date on it, is the safer bet.

The travelling part is probably what's causing the trouble. The application checks where you're applying from, and there are a lot of threads here from people who got auto-rejected because their location didn't match their school's. Most of those are students, but the process is pretty much the same for teachers.

If you can wait until you're back, that's the simplest fix. If you can't, turn off any VPN, apply with your school email, and upload a recent letter from your institute confirming you work there. If it mentions that you're currently abroad, even better.

If it still gets rejected, open a ticket at https://support.github.com, say it's an Education reverification problem, and mention that you were already approved before at the same institute. Add the date of your old approval email if you still have it.

Hope it gets sorted quickly.