The student pack application without an upload button.

[MohdSaadJames]

If you go to apply for student pack application. Where they ask for the proof. There is no upload image from files/computer option. There is only take picture option. That too with only front camera.

Please fix this issue.

I am using a Lenovo tab 4 850x with chrome.

There is no add blocker and all permissions are already granted.

[elisemoe]

Hi @MohdSaadJames 👋 sorry for the frustration! Would you be able to apply from a phone camera?

Sometimes, for a number of reasons, our system needs additional levels of verification and asks that you take an image rather than upload one. Other suggestions might be to try applying while you are on campus, if able to.

[ThalusA]

More than 30 downvotes for this suggestion, waiting for 8 months, still no change. This issue is the most upvoted one. People who don't know how to question themselves are clearly a pain in the ass in those corporate

[StephenAnimates]

What possible reason could there be for verification from an image rather than an uploaded digital document? Certainly forgery can be easier in a printed image than a digital one.

And we are all asked to risk a website gaining access to our camera or phone with no security measures highlighted? I suppose GitHub feels this is an acceptable risk for educators and students to have special account access. Not for me, thanks.

[dipee]

I am trying to take the picture from an Android device but I can only access the front camera the option to use the back camera of the device is not working. Why I this so difficult if I have a verified college email?

[Pyae24]

What about online students from other countries like me? We don't have any paper or ID to show and can only upload soft copies.

[MainframeSuper]

It really sucks. I clicked on camera access yet it still doesn't display my camera view. Absolute trash.

[aidenh37]

Having the same issue. Require GitHub for my university program. No upload button on any browser or device.

No VPN. No AdBlock. I do keep getting pulled up for captcha on my IP for some reason across the web, despite no robots and completely malware-free.

None of my webcams can focus on my student ID well enough to be read. Website won't use camera on iOS, despite having permissions. Literally have no way of verification if there's no manual method here. What a stupid system.

Need urgent assistance for this issue.

[Erogunaiye]

I've uploaded mine but I'm yet to get the student pack

[RealYusufIsmail]

Be patient.

[jon-peel]

I also can't get the camera to work on iOS.
My laptop has no webcam.
The site has no upload button.

[AbdullahAjayi]

Hello, have you gotten yours?

[RealYusufIsmail]

Try to use a different device. I had the same issue with some thing similar and using a different device and it worked.

[MohdSaadJames]

Can you please share the screenshot?

[RealYusufIsmail]

I was trying to login into the eclipse website but it did not show the verification button but on my phone it did. So i assume it is the same issue. I can not share a screen shot as that computer is borken.

[webdevindev]

I've tried three different devices, I will try a forth. This is a f***ing ridiculously broken process.

[webdevindev]

Welp, I tried all the devices I own. Submitted a help ticket, not expecting to hear back in time for me to use this for my project.

[softwaredevelop]

This is not a Student Developer Pack this a Super Secret Project.

[webik150]

Shame this is still an issue. I've tried two different computers and nothing worked. In the end I used my phone to take the picture, but the camera ONLY works for a single frame, when changing between the front and the back camera.

After that I got rejected because apparently my school doesn't have a campus in my country even though I daily go there. 🤡

[harrystaley]

This is just simply inaccessible. I have to hold up a copy of my schedule for the camera. I am blind and do not know where the camera is on my laptop. Please fix this NOW. Also how do you expect for the camera to give a good image with someones fingers in the way?

[shamnad-sherief]

You can try:-

• Use your system camera and face your head and ID proof. This will help you to get the application process.
• You might see the upload button when you add your face with ID proof. Then you can retake it and upload through the files.
• You can use applications like droidcamera to add a clear picture.

[Seqaeon]

Still unable to verify, can back camera support be enabled.

[cgevans]

While rather ridiculous, you can use a virtual camera device (eg, through OBS Studio or v4l2loopback) to add a document.

In my case, applying to renew my teacher benefits, my ID does not have a date on it, and as I try to be as paperless is feasible for me, all affiliation documents I have with dates are PDFs or online. It seems unusual to expect someone to print out a document, then take a photograph of it with the camera of the same laptop that had the document on it in the first place. I added a document with OBS and my renewal was automatically approved.

It's also not clear how a camera image is better for verification than the original PDF.

[EltonSHIN]

it worked!!!!!! pretty a good way!!!! everyone should know it.

[EltonSHIN]

please note: firefox supports virtual camera by default, while chrome and edge does not.

[elvispy]

Github, please bear in mind that universities with little economical resources don't issue a student ID. Me, being a paraguayan citizen and having studied for more than 5 years in Brazil, I can tell you that it is not customary to have a student ID. That is, apart from having to take a photo with your computer, you have to put extra effort to focus your camera on a printed document such as a transcript with fontsize 12. This is nonsense and a huge discourage for students from all around the world to have the student developer pack.

[Codaqua]

Good morning,

I would like to sign up for the GitHub student programme. I am currently a student of a degree in a university that works exclusively in distance mode.
When I try to register, the form gives me an error because my location is far from the university, which is normal. And I don't have any document that says that I am studying in distance mode because it is the only mode that my university has.
I look forward to your comments.

Thank you.

[iumyidol]

Cant believe this is still an issue today. Come on, fix the camera bug, or give us the upload button !!

[ZhangzihanGit]

I'm sure this is not a bug, they did it intentionally.

[djanym]

For sure it's not a bug. But it's a very confusing thing. Different universities have different formats for proofing documents. And not always you can use a web camera to capture it.
Github: if you're a student you can obtain a student pack.
50% of students: we can't verify our student status with a webcam. But we could upload a proof doc.
Github whistling...

[softwaredevelop]

It's entirely up to luck. I tried to take a photo with my mobile phone X times, and after X+1 attempts, the upload button appeared.

[swap72]

If you go to apply for student pack application. Where they ask for the proof. There is no upload image from files/computer option. There is only take picture option. That too with only front camera.

Please fix this issue.

I am using a Lenovo tab 4 850x with chrome.

There is no add blocker and all permissions are already granted.

simply drag and drop it works but it thows some other error, but try it anyways.

[JittoJoseph]

after i upload a photo id proof, and click process my application, it dosen't go to any other page, looks like it simply reloads the id proof page, i'm stuck help out

[dragao1995]

The problem here is that my college is distance education (EAD), so I can't go to the campus, and the upload button has also disappeared, and when I try to send the ID, it gets denied.

[dom976]

I cannot upload a file too, and when I use the phone I can only use the front camera

[alfaruqii]

2024 and they still have this issue

[IZ-ZI]

For people who are having trouble uploading the photo, one possible reason is that the file size is too large, in which case the server returns a code 413 payload too large and refreshes the page without any warning. Try compressing the photo. You may still get the error if the photo is just slightly under 1MB; It needs to be well under that limit.