iPhone dev program enrollment wait

That all sounds correct, and Apple will contact you. You'll get an email asking to Fax some documentation for proof of your business (Ficticious Business Statement or Business License/etc.) They make it pretty clear as to which documents they'll accept as proof and how to get the information to them.

The only bummer is that the entire process (for me at least) took a month. It was a few weeks before the initial email asking for a fax.. then a few more weeks while they process it.

Definitely get this process going at the very beginning.. then it's no problem to have this going in the background as you develop your app. (Although you won't have a certificate to install the app on your device until your approval goes through..)

 

BTW: The $99 payment comes at the very end of the whole approval process. That's a whole new waiting process where you pay and then wait to hear back again. (But much shorter - took about a day from sending my payment to actually being approved to the Developer Portal)

 

Paying is the last step, after you've done all the paper work.

Just filling the form doesn't actually start the process. You need to fax one of the forms of identification they require. I sent the articles of incorporation.

Yes, you are correct in listing yourself as the legal representative of your company. Initially I listed the lawyer that keeps or corporate books, which ended delaying the whole thing. What they want is a person that is authorized to speak on behalf of the company and verbally confirm you want to enroll.

In my experience, Apple won't contact you about any missing documentation. But they will contact you once they have everything to get a verbal confirmation.

The whole thing took 3 weeks for me, included a couple of phone calls to sort out who is supposed to be the legal representative.

 

petes,

I would have just signed up as an individual. Did you actually create the company?

 

Last summer I signed up as a company.. It took about 2-3 months until I got approved to even pay my $99.

My friend who signed up later than I did, signed up as an individual and got into the program much faster than I did.

Not sure what the wait is like now a days

 

Took me about 3 hours total.

 

How long does each step take was a big question for me. Bottom line was 18 days from start to finish (for a Standard Program company enrollment.) I logged each step (including emails received, status changes, etc.) along the way and how long each step took on my blog:

http://iphonedevex.blogspot.com/

 

What do you mean by starting your own company Do you have to pay $99 to sell apps? Thanks~

 

Thanks. I'm glad you found it to be helpful. I hope it goes smoothly for you as well.

 

Very quick!

Well it seems my experience of registering as an individual was pretty quick.

I completed my registration and added the $99 program package to my cart at around 7:00am this morning. At 8:46am I received my activation code ;-).

It wont be as fast when I registered later on with my company I guess (it wont be until a few more months).

Fred

 

I've been waiting for weeks after submitting my 99$!

 

Have you contacted Apple? That seems excessive after paying your $99 fee.

 

I was thinking of signing up to testmy apps n the iPhone. So how does the whole thing work? You send the forms, then what does apple give you? I know the code needs to be signed, so how does that happen?

 

I just registered my company with Apple and I guess I'm going to have to wait for a few weeks (if not month) for the process to be done...

Has anyone got any more recent turnaround & timeframe from Apple for their company paperwork acceptance? is it still around a month?

Thanks in advance

 

a friend of mine requested it yesterday (as individual) and got it activated today