What did you just submit?
When they asked me for ID, it was only US govt issued ID. They wouldn’t accept my AU passport.
I applied without a VPN and it was fine (different situation to yours as you already had a C1 product).
C1 card is now my daily driver. Hope it doesn’t get converted to Discover. YMMV.
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