# Custodial account method **URL:** \ **Category:** Brave Rewards\ **Tags:** android\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677 "2023-03-19T09:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![virgovky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@virgovky](https://community.brave.app/u/virgovky)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/1 "2023-03-19T09:27:13Z")
Dear Brave customer supporters. I’ve clicked on the top-right Brave Rewards icon and also On Brave Rewards switch button. Then I have a below message, “To earn BAT, users must connect a custodial account to Brave Rewards. Unfortunately there’s no have a custodian available in your region, so earning isn’t available. For now, turning on Brave Rewards will automatically support creators.” How could I create custodial account to connect with Brave browser to earn BAT? Note: I’m choosing a country India. ---
**Author:** ![SmartyAadi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/smartyaadi/32/157036_2.png) [@SmartyAadi](https://community.brave.app/u/SmartyAadi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/2 "2023-03-19T13:36:36Z")
India is not supported at the moment by the custodial partners with Brave. We will have to wait till they restore support or till a new Custodian is brought to support India again. They are working with a new one, not updates about it though. ---
**Author:** ![virgovky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cc9497/32.png) [@virgovky](https://community.brave.app/u/virgovky)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/3 "2023-03-19T14:44:45Z")
@SmartyAadi Thanks for your kind information ---
**Author:** ![aavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@aavi](https://community.brave.app/u/aavi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/4 "2023-03-20T14:37:05Z")
@SmartyAadi @Mattches do you think india will be supported by a custodial partner before sunsetting of vbat…i tried to connect my gemini account by enabling the flag but i failed ---
**Author:** ![SmartyAadi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/smartyaadi/32/157036_2.png) [@SmartyAadi](https://community.brave.app/u/SmartyAadi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/5 "2023-03-20T15:05:04Z")
Well. Doesn’t seem like it. Probably not till the next 6 months or so. Any updates are always updated at > [@PSA: Unsupported Region](https://community.brave.app/t/psa-unsupported-region/417552): > > For new information, check bottom comment. Otherwise can review some of the below to see overall status since July 26, 2022. [Brave’s List of Supported Countries](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/6539887971469)OLD UPDATES BELOW: Can’t add more since April 4, 2023. Update: April 4, 2023 Only because it’s been a little while since I gave an update, thought I’d just do a small post. At this point they still have nothing solid to say about adding countries again, the new partner(s) they are hoping to add, or even of an ETA for the sunsetting of v… ---
**Author:** ![aavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@aavi](https://community.brave.app/u/aavi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/6 "2023-03-21T01:21:49Z")
@SmartyAadi @Saoiray do u think brave an bring a new custodial partner for india before sunsetting of vbat??? because if vbats are sunsetted this would be like a cheating with indians since they dont even have an option to connect with a custodial partner to save their bat ---
**Author:** ![SmartyAadi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/smartyaadi/32/157036_2.png) [@SmartyAadi](https://community.brave.app/u/SmartyAadi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/7 "2023-03-21T02:52:49Z")
I already answered telling that bringing the new custodial before sunsetting of vBAT seems highly unlikely. > [@aavi](#): > > indians since they dont even have an option to connect with a custodial partner to save their bat Well, that is not just us (Indians). Brave currently doesn’t support a lot of other regions too. On the top of my mind, Germany. We will have to give it time. I understand your frustration, but seriously they’re trying sincerely and we can’t do anything much anyway. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/custodial-account-method/477677/9 "2023-04-20T08:12:39Z")
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