One contact who has an iPhone but messaging will not send as iMessage

I have one contact, who has an iPhone, but messaging will not send as iMessage, only text. All my other contacts with iPhones, the messages go as iMessages - even messages going to people who are not in my contacts. What is the fix?

But if that person did not set up an iMessage account on their iPhone, then they cannot receive any iMessages at all, only SMS text messages.
Both the sender and the recipient must have an iOS device with an active iMessage account.
There is nothing you can do about it, other than ask them to set up iMessage on their device (which if they don't want to, is their choice).

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Thanks for the question. The following articles may provide a resolution to your issue:
iPhone: Troubleshooting issues making or receiving calls
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3406
iPhone: Troubleshooting a cellular data connection
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3780
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