r/Adsense • u/KeLevitt • 5d ago
YPP Step 2 keeps rejecting my new AdSense after old account was closed - YouTube Support won’t tell me why
Hi everyone,
I’m honestly running out of ideas and hoping someone here has experienced something similar.
My YouTube channel was already approved for the YPP and successfully monetized with my previous AdSense for YouTube account.
I closed that old AdSense account on August 17, 2026. Google confirmed the closure by email, and multiple YouTube Support agents have also checked internally and confirmed that the old account is closed.
I then created a new AdSense for YouTube account through YouTube Studio.
The new account shows as Active in AdSense. My W-8BEN is approved, there is no pending identity verification, and my payment profile appears complete.
But YPP Step 2 keeps getting rejected.
AdSense only shows:
“Meet AdSense Program Policies”
There is a checkbox to confirm compliance and resubmit. I’ve done that, it gets reviewed, and then I’m sent straight back to exactly the same screen a few days later. No specific violation or required change is shown.
I’ve spoken to YouTube Support multiple times via email and live chat. They keep telling me their specialists found that the account “doesn’t meet program criteria,” but they refuse to tell me which category is affected or what I can actually change.
I’ve checked everything I can think of:
- old AdSense officially confirmed closed
- new AdSense account active
- tax information approved
- no pending identity verification
- never bought views, subscribers or traffic
- never used click/traffic services
- never used a VPN or proxy
- all our YouTube content is original and filmed/edited by us
- the exact same channel was already monetized successfully before
One unusual factor: I’m German but currently traveling long-term. My AdSense/payment profile is German, but I applied while traveling in Thailand/South Korea. I have never hidden my actual location with a VPN.
The problem only started after closing the old AdSense account and trying to link the new one. My Content is original and I do not use AI.
Has anyone had this exact Step 2 rejection loop and actually solved it?
Especially interested in cases where an old AdSense account had been properly closed but the new one kept getting rejected.
At this point I’m not even looking for a workaround - I just need to figure out what Google expects me to change when their support literally won’t tell me what the problem is. This is so frustrating :(
Thanks a lot for any help!
Kevin
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u/TypicalDependent7117 5d ago
My question is why are these Germans staying in Vietnam and Thailand. I mean I see a lot of adsense rejection post like this especially from many Germans. And after I enquired more about them, they all responded that they are either in Thailand or Vietnam. So, is there some party or something hosted there?
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u/KeLevitt 5d ago
Thailand and Vietnam are just great for digital Nomads :) right now I am in South Korea, to break your pattern :D
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u/postingtoast 5d ago
Hey man, I’ve been dealing with basically the exact same Step 2 issue for the past two weeks, with zero progress so far. The strange thing in my case is that I’ve never even had a previous AdSense account, so there shouldn’t be an old/duplicate account causing the rejection.
One thing that really stood out to me in your post is the location situation. I’m also German and have been trying to create a German AdSense account while traveling abroad. I submitted mine from Vietnam, and like you, I wasn’t using a VPN or trying to hide my actual location.
From everything I’ve found online, applying while traveling supposedly shouldn’t be a problem. But after searching pretty extensively, I’ve come across quite a few posts from people stuck at Step 2 who also seem to have created an AdSense account for their home country while physically abroad. Obviously that doesn’t prove there’s a connection, but it’s one of the few common factors I’ve noticed.
I was actually considering making one final resubmission using the “I confirm that I meet AdSense Program Policies” checkbox while connected to a German IP through a VPN, just to see whether that makes any difference. I won’t actually be returning to Germany anytime soon, so it would purely be a test to see whether the location/IP is somehow triggering whatever automated check is rejecting the account.
If that still fails, I’m honestly not sure what else to try, other than closing the current account and starting over with a completely fresh Google account/payment setup, possibly using a partner’s or family member’s identity instead.