Seven pages on what has to clear before you can place a trade at all. They run in the order you meet them: check the region first, fill the country and referral fields correctly, then get the documents through in one pass.
- Which countries cannot open a Binance account: reading the official list Binance's prohibited countries list (January 2026) names nine places, from the US to Crimea, and the US group also covers citizens. Why mainland China is missing, the Syria mismatch, and how to check yourself.
- Eligibility self-check Answer three questions about residence, documents and payment rails, and get a plain read on whether registration is likely to work.
- Choosing your country at sign-up, and whether you can change it later Why the country field has to match your document, what it silently controls, and what your options are once it is already wrong.
- Binance sign-up walkthrough: eligibility, referral code and KYC Decide whether you can register at all, pick the document that will carry the account, then sign up. Includes what to do when verification is rejected.
- Referral code missed or mistyped: can it still be fixed Whether a referral code can be added after registration, how to check if a rebinding window is open, and what is left if it cannot be changed.
- Verification document checklist Pick document type, residence and account stage, and get the specific list of what to prepare before you start verification.
- Work backwards from the message on your screen Identity verification fails for reasons the error message rarely names. Eleven concrete causes, each with the one action that clears it.
- Binance verification when your residence and your ID country differ Binance KYC asks for residence and document issuing country separately, and they can differ. Residence must match your proof of address; issuing country, your ID.