My BTC-e account was blocked due to inactivity. I submitted the requested documents and support replied to me stating I need to create an account using my same email address at XBTCe and verify it to unblock my BTC-e account. Once it is verified the BTC-e account will be unblocked automatically:
https://support.btc-e1.com/index.php.
Is this site legitimate? Has anyone done this and successfully unblocked their BTC-e account?
Yes it is perfectly legit. The announcement was made on btc.com yesterday. You can see it here: