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Who qualifies for a '.us' domain?

by Wild West Domains staff, edited by Mohan Kapoor, Supervisor, Himalayan Websites

The U.S. Nexus Requirement is intended to ensure that only those individuals or organisations having a substantive connection to the United States are permitted to register for a ".us" domain name.

To be in compliance with the U.S. Nexus Requirement, all registrants for a ".us" domain name must be either:

• A natural person
  1. who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories, or

  2. whose primary place of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions, or

• An entity or organisation that is
  1. incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or

  2. organised or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or any of its possessions or territories, or

• An entity or organisation (including a federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has a bona fide presence in the United States.

	Product	Price	Shop
	.com, .us, .net, .org, .biz., .info domains (per year)	$8.75
	.ws domains (per year)	$14.00

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