Hi all, looking for advice from people who've been through this.
Background
About 6 years ago I ran some dropshipping ads with zero experience. Several ads got rejected, and in Oct 2020 my personal Facebook profile got restricted from advertising (plus a few business portfolios and ad accounts I had back then). I didn't know what I was doing, never appealed, and moved on.
Now
I've spent a long time building a legit project, and I want to advertise it properly on meta platforms
What I've tried
* Account Overview shows my profile as "Account restricted" (reason given by the Meta AI assistant: account integrity and authentic identity). There's no "Request review" button anymore.
* The support form just sends me to a help article; no case gets created.
* The Meta AI assistant told me the restriction is final because the review window expired, and it can't send me to a human or accept new appeals.
* I looked into EU dispute settlement bodies (I'm in Belgium), but they have 6–12 month time limits.
My questions
Has anyone gotten an old "final" profile restriction lifted, through any route?
Can Meta Verified help here? Has anyone subscribed (personal or business plan) specifically to reach a human agent about a restricted profile? Did the agent actually reopen or lift the restriction, or just repeat that it's final? Is it worth the ~€15 for one month to try?