Rebuilt the account — as an individual this time

To avoid repeating the mistake, each screen was verified: account type individual, billing profile individual, name as the legal personal name rather than the business name.

Not getting flagged as a duplicate

Signup asks whether a developer account exists under another Google account. Concealing this can lead to suspension for duplicate accounts.

The old account was declared, and the open case number and reason for migrating were written into the experience field — establishing up front why two accounts exist.

Identity verification passed the next day with an ID and a residence certificate. A step that had been stuck for over two months cleared in one day, confirming the blocker was the account type, never the documents.