Unable To Sign Up To Alpha, "The region is different."

[Magnesium02]

http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_en.html

http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_na.html

http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_fr.html

http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_de.html

http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index.html (JP)

Have to register with the same region your FFXIV account is

[Matsuki]

I don't want to create a new thread, but I'm getting another error - "You must have an active FINAL FANTASY XIV account to apply. ". I'm logged in on my EU account and I've even logged to the game a few minutes ago to check if it'll make the error message go away. It didn't.