This advice I gave worked for my client within 24 hours to obtain her apple dev license:
1. on your iphone or apple device you must download the apple developer app.
2. make sure the card you are going to buy the apple license with is the same card currently linked to your apple id.
3. login to the apple developer app with you apple id and enroll in the apple dev program via the app.
4. if you encounter a delay of 24 hours, then email apple developer support and tell them your card can buy songs and apps so there is no reason it cannot buy an apple developer license.
5. If still not approved, follow up buy buying a song or an app, and send apple support that snippet of your bank statement proving that your card does work.
I've noticed some of the invisble checks done by apple:
they want you to have an existing apple id, not sure how old it must be.
they want you to buy the license while being logged into an apple device.
they want to verify you by making sure the apple id card mathces the developer program payment card.
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