How to apply

Before you start

• US residents age 21+ only.
• The beta is unpaid. There is no fee to apply.
• Applying creates no membership, appointment, or access. Selection is manual, and nothing is promised.
• One completed application per Telegram account.

The steps

1. While applications are open, use the application button on the home page status card. It opens the official bot in Telegram.
2. Starting by hand works too: open Telegram, find @ShadyBot247_bot, and send this message exactly: APPLY THEGATE247
3. Answer the stage-one questions: a chosen alias, US residency and age confirmations, up to three testing categories, an availability band, a feedback-strength answer, and one testing scenario.
4. Read the linked agreements, then reply exactly I ACCEPT. Nothing is submitted without that reply.
5. The bot confirms with an application reference. Save it.

Choose an alias, never your real name

Pick an alias you are comfortable keeping: 2 to 32 characters using letters, numbers, spaces, periods, dashes, or underscores. Do not send your legal name, email address, phone number, or home address. Stage one never asks for them, and it does not request a birth date.

After you submit

A person reviews every completed application; no timeline is promised. From the same Telegram account, /status checks the application and /withdraw_application withdraws it. If shortlisted, stage two continues in the same chat and uses the exact replies I ACKNOWLEDGE and I ACCEPT. Applying does not guarantee an invitation, and a waitlist position promises no timeline.

The agreements

Stage one records versioned acceptance of the privacy notice, the conduct rules, the unpaid beta terms, and the stage-one application agreement.

Timing

The founding wave opens July 24 at 7:24 PM ET. Before that instant, and whenever the status card does not read “Applications open”, the bot declines new public applications. The status card below shows the live state.