Eligibility is limited to anyone who joined Facebook before usernames were publicly announced at 3 p.m. (EDT) on June 9, 2009. These users will have the chance to claim usernames at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 13, 2009.

This limitation is temporary. All verified users who joined Facebook after the cut-off will be eligible to claim usernames on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:59pm. Verification may require mobile phone authentication.

This decision was made to prevent people from creating new accounts just to take advantage of reserving a username. Eligibility is limited to anyone who joined Facebook before username availability was publicly announced at 3 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Eligible users will have the chance to claim usernames at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 13, 2009.

This limitation is temporary. All verified users who joined Facebook after the cut-off date will be eligible to claim usernames on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:59pm. Verification may require mobile phone authentication.

If you joined Facebook after 3 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, you will need to wait until Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:59pm to become eligible to claim a username. You will be required to be a verified user, which may require mobile phone authentication.

If you joined Facebook before username availability was publicly announced at 3 p.m. (EDT) on June 9, then you will have the opportunity to claim a username at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 13, 2009.