# Error: Region not supported?

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150>\
**Category:** Brave Rewards\
**Tags:** uphold\
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150 "2022-07-29T13:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![hasancelik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@hasancelik](https://community.brave.app/u/hasancelik)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150/1 "2022-07-29T13:37:44Z")

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> Error: Region not supported
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> Unfortunately, your Brave Rewards cannot be verified because your region is not supported for Brave Rewards verification at this time.

**After I have updated the brave browser to newer version, I started to take this error.** What does it mean?

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**Author:** ![SaltyBanana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saltybanana/32/144802_2.png) [@SaltyBanana](https://community.brave.app/u/SaltyBanana)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150/2 "2022-07-29T13:43:56Z")

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Hi @hasancelik

Please be advised of the following changes to regional restrictions when verifying Brave Rewards with a custodial partner. We have more information here about the matter -

> [@NOTICE: New region restrictions on verifying Brave Rewards with Uphold](https://community.brave.app/t/notice-new-region-restrictions-on-verifying-brave-rewards-with-uphold/414645):
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> Hello Brave Community, In consultation with the team at Uphold, verifying Brave Rewards with an Uphold account will now only be available in the following countries of registration, effective immediately (starting July 12, 2022): Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland Hong Kong Ireland Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Singapore Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States For countries no longer on this list, Uphold and Brave will continually work together to evaluate whe…

I would like to link to @Saoiray post as they have a pretty comprehensive FAQ as well -

> [@PSA: Unsupported Region](https://community.brave.app/t/psa-unsupported-region/417552):
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> 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…

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**Author:** ![Saoiray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/saoiray/32/212354_2.png) [@Saoiray](https://community.brave.app/u/Saoiray)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150/3 "2022-07-29T13:44:45Z")

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@hasancelik please read everything at [PSA: Unsupported Region](https://community.brave.app/t/psa-unsupported-region/417552)

If you thoroughly eead everything there and on the things linked, you’ll understand everything

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/error-region-not-supported/418150/4 "2022-08-28T13:44:57Z")

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