D-U-N-S Number Not Accepted for Sub Office / Chapter Organization

We are a sub-office (chapter) of an organization, but we operate independently under a government gazette notification. We have obtained our own D-U-N-S Number in our chapter’s name.

However, when we try to enroll in the Apple Developer Program, Apple is not accepting our D-U-N-S Number. The response we received was that we need to use the account of our head office.

The issue is that we are effectively a head office ourselves, operating independently with government recognition, and other platforms have already accepted our D-U-N-S Number without issue.

Has anyone faced a similar situation? How can we resolve this with Apple so our chapter can have its own developer account?

D-U-N-S Number Not Accepted for Sub Office / Chapter Organization
 
 
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