SheerID verification blocked - "Access Denied: restricted region" - AWS Student Rewards (Tunisia)

Hi Ezer,

I'm sorry to hear about this frustrating experience with verifying your student status through our AWS Builder Center Student Rewards program.

For help, reach out to our Training & Certification team through this contact form. They'll be able to look into this issue.

— Aimee K.

i have the same issue , did your issue get resolved, it yes how?

I understand you're encountering an access restriction when trying to complete SheerID verification for the AWS Student Rewards program from Tunisia. This is frustrating, especially since Tunisia is not listed among the excluded countries for the program.

The AWS Student Rewards program on Builder Center does require verification through SheerID for students 18 years or older enrolled at accredited higher education institutions worldwide. The program offers significant benefits including 12 months of premium AWS Skill Builder access, the ability to earn AWS Credits through badge completion, and certification exam vouchers.

Since you're experiencing what appears to be a technical issue with the verification process itself (the access restriction affecting even SheerID's public pages), this is something that needs direct attention from the AWS Builder Center team. I recommend reaching out to our Training & Certification team at http://go.aws/contact-us-training. When you do, include the details you've shared here: the specific error message, that it occurs across different networks, and that Tunisia is not on the excluded countries list.

Alternatively, you may want to reach out through the AWS Support Center at https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/.

Sources
AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026) | AWS News Blog