diff --git a/src/components/AboutPage.tsx b/src/components/AboutPage.tsx
index 33313fe..c0ca225 100644
--- a/src/components/AboutPage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AboutPage.tsx
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ export function AboutPage() {
                 asChild
                 className="rounded-xl bg-gradient-to-r from-violet to-electric text-white"
               >
-                <a href={s.resume_url || "#"} download>
+                <Link to="/resume-access">
                   <FileText className="mr-1.5 h-4 w-4" />
                   View Resume
-                </a>
+                </Link>
               </Button>
               <Button asChild variant="outline" className="rounded-xl">
                 <a href={`mailto:${s.email || "simakahmed@outlook.com"}`}>
diff --git a/src/routes/resume-access.tsx b/src/routes/resume-access.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..384a91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/resume-access.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { createFileRoute } from "@tanstack/react-router";
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { ArrowRight, FileText, ShieldCheck } from "lucide-react";
+import { SiteLayout } from "@/components/SiteLayout";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { supabase } from "@/integrations/supabase/client";
+
+const SITE_URL = "https://codeforgedev.vercel.app";
+const OG_IMAGE = "https://codeforgedev.vercel.app/og-image.png";
+
+export const Route = createFileRoute("/resume-access")({
+  head: () => ({
+    meta: [
+      { title: "Resume Access Instructions — CodeForge" },
+      { name: "description", content: "Instructions for requesting view-only access to the CodeForge resume." },
+      { property: "og:title", content: "Resume Access Instructions — CodeForge" },
+      { property: "og:url", content: SITE_URL + "/resume-access" },
+      { property: "og:image", content: OG_IMAGE },
+    ],
+    links: [{ rel: "canonical", href: SITE_URL + "/resume-access" }],
+  }),
+  component: ResumeAccessPage,
+});
+
+function ResumeAccessPage() {
+  const settings = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["site_settings"],
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      const { data, error } = await supabase.from("site_settings").select("key,value");
+      if (error) throw error;
+      return Object.fromEntries((data ?? []).map((item) => [item.key, item.value ?? ""]));
+    },
+  });
+
+  const resumeUrl = settings.data?.resume_url;
+
+  return (
+    <SiteLayout>
+      <main className="mx-auto flex min-h-[70vh] max-w-3xl items-center px-4 py-16">
+        <section className="glass gradient-border w-full rounded-3xl p-7 text-center sm:p-10">
+          <div className="mx-auto grid h-14 w-14 place-items-center rounded-2xl bg-violet/15 text-electric">
+            <FileText className="h-7 w-7" />
+          </div>
+          <h1 className="mt-5 font-display text-3xl font-bold sm:text-4xl">Access My Resume</h1>
+          <p className="mx-auto mt-4 max-w-xl text-muted-foreground">
+            Please sign in to your Google Drive to request access to my resume.
+          </p>
+          <div className="mx-auto mt-7 max-w-xl rounded-2xl border border-border/70 bg-card/50 p-5 text-left">
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 font-semibold">
+              <ShieldCheck className="h-5 w-5 text-electric" />
+              Important Instructions
+            </div>
+            <ul className="mt-3 list-disc space-y-2 pl-5 text-sm leading-6 text-muted-foreground">
+              <li>Please select <strong className="text-foreground">Viewer</strong> when requesting access.</li>
+              <li>Editor and Commenter access requests will not be approved.</li>
+              <li>Access will be granted only with Viewer permissions.</li>
+              <li>If you're not signed in to Google, please sign in when prompted.</li>
+            </ul>
+          </div>
+          <Button asChild size="lg" disabled={!resumeUrl} className="mt-7 rounded-xl bg-gradient-to-r from-violet to-electric text-white">
+            <a href={resumeUrl || undefined} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+              OK, Proceed <ArrowRight className="ml-2 h-4 w-4" />
+            </a>
+          </Button>
+          {!resumeUrl && (
+            <p className="mt-3 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              Resume link is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </section>
+      </main>
+    </SiteLayout>
+  );
+}