Answers.Body: <p>If you mean an account with civicrm.org then usually not so long. I have pinged someone on chat.civicrm.org to try and resolve this for you.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Accounts are manually approved (we used to get a lot of spam). It can take up to 1 or 2 working days. In some cases, account requests can get flagged as spam. You can also reach us on the chat (<a href="https://chat.civicrm.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chat.civicrm.org</a>). You can ping @bgm or @josh.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I thought the issue was that without their account they couldn't get on chat either - or have i misunderstood
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Answers.Text: Accounts on chat are on their own system, and usually no delay.
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Body: <p>We have applied for a CiviCRM account and wondering how long it would take to approve the application? </p>
  
Tags: <community>
Title: After applying for a CiviCRM account, how long does it take to approve?
ThreadText: # After applying for a CiviCRM account, how long does it take to approve?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-29)
  
  We have applied for a CiviCRM account and wondering how long it would take to approve the application?
  
  **Tags:** community
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-29. Score: 2
  
  If you mean an account with civicrm.org then usually not so long. I have pinged someone on chat.civicrm.org to try and resolve this for you.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-29. Score: 2
  
  Accounts are manually approved (we used to get a lot of spam). It can take up to 1 or 2 working days. In some cases, account requests can get flagged as spam. You can also reach us on the chat (<https://chat.civicrm.org>). You can ping @username_2 or @josh.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I thought the issue was that without their account they couldn't get on chat either - or have i misunderstood  
  > **username_2**: Accounts on chat are on their own system, and usually no delay.  
  
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