# E15045 — WhatsAppGroupsNotEligible

WhatsApp only lets an Official Business Account create groups, and this number is not one.

- **HTTP status**: `412`
- **Type**: `precondition_error`
- **Name**: `WhatsAppGroupsNotEligible`

## What to do

WhatsApp grants Official Business Account status to a number whose business portfolio it has verified and whose display name it has approved, and only after the business has been on the WhatsApp Business Platform for 30 days. Request it in WhatsApp Manager on the number's profile, with two-step verification enabled. The decision is WhatsApp's alone: we cannot approve or accelerate it, and a refusal has to wait 30 days before it can be asked again. `GET /v1/whatsapp/numbers` reports the status per number as `is_official_business_account`, so read it there and create the group on a number that holds it.

Operations that resolve this:

- [List WhatsApp numbers](/docs/api/reference/list-whatsapp-numbers)

## Related

- [E15xxx — WhatsApp sending & delivery](/docs/api/errors/E15xxx): every code in this range
- [Errors](/docs/api/errors): the full wire contract, status mapping, and error catalog
- [Error handling](/docs/guides/errors): branching on `type` and `code`, validation details, and `vendor_code`

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- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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