Join a Google Family Account with The Main Account Being Overseas

TubeLight on 18/01/2023 - 05:58
Last edited 18/01/2023 - 08:56 by 1 other user

My parents are overseas. I’ve got them family subscription of YouTube and sent myself an invite to join the family.

When I try to join, I get a message saying I can’t join because I’m not in the same country.

Is there a way around this?

Will a vpn work? Or will I still need to move my google account overseas before I can join the family?

Problem with moving the account overseas is that I won’t be able to change it back to australia for another 12 months. This is as per google own faqs.

Would appreciate if anyone who’s done it can help.

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  Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/01/2023 - 07:31

  Your region needs to be set to same region, largely has no bad affect. The most annoying for me was when my accounts were set to India, I couldn’t access the cookido app on play store (companion app for thermomix). At the start also had a lot of recommendations for Indian music…

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    TubeLight on 18/01/2023 - 07:35

    Will I need a vpn as well?

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      Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/01/2023 - 07:58

      No

      I have 3 accounts set to India being used here no problem

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        saffers on 07/11/2024 - 21:18

        @Jimothy Wongingtons sorry to reply on this old thread - but is this still working for you?

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          Jimothy Wongingtons on 08/11/2024 - 08:21

          +1

          @saffers: Still working

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  JimmyF on 18/01/2023 - 12:01

  When I try to join, I get a message saying I can’t join because I’m not in the same country.

  As others have said, its not in a different country, it is they are in a different region.

  In the eyes of Google, 'Family' is people living in the same household, not family spread around the globe.