Paypal.me payment denied: government regulations

[jamtpg19]

I have seen similar questions in this community, but none specifically addressing paypal.me. The solution provided in another thread didn't work because, apparently, it was for paying a regular invoice, or paying online... not using a paypal.me link.

I'm trying to send money to a friend in New Caledonia (I'm in the US) using his paypal.me link. I have tried three times, and each time I'm told that it was denied due to government regulations. I need to get this money to him, and I have no idea what to do next. Can someone help me understand what regulation(s) we might be crossing, and what alternate method PayPal suggests?

[sharpiemarker]

@jamtpg19 

1) The recipient has to have their automatic transfers set up:

https://www.paypal.com/al/webapps/mpp/ua/recpymt-full?locale.x=en_NC

2) New Caldonia PayPal accounts can only accept goods and services payments, so if the recipient's PayPal account is a personal account, select the goods and services option for sending the payment via PayPal.me link, not friends and family.