usTLD Nexus Requirements

[lesasquatch]

Hello

I recently paid a LARGE sum of money for a .US domain for an investment. At the time not knowing anything about the usTLD Nexus requirements; http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/...quirements.pdf
I received an email today forwarded by Godaddy from NeuStar, Inc. Along the lines;

On July 21, 208, this domain name was selected for Nexus revalidation and confirmation. According to the information you provided with your registration of these Domain Names, you indicated that you qualify under:

Category 2 - You are a US business or organization.

As part of our verification process, we ask that you provide to us by no later than ten (10) days after the date set forth above, a written response describing how you qualify under the above Nexus category.


I am not a US business or organization and I don't know where I indicated that I was Category 2, I bought the name through sedo and the registrar is now Godaddy.
Category 1 is US citizen, which I am also not.

So basically I have 10 days to work out someway I can comply with the Nexus requirement so I can keep the domain.

Has anyone had any experience with this or have any ideas?!

Thanks

 

[Kate]

If you are not a US person/resident/organization verify if you could qualify under rule #3.

The nexus say:

Registrants in the usTLD must be either:
1.A natural person (i) who is a United States citizen, (ii) who is a permanent resident of the
United States of America or any of its possessions or territories, or (iii) whose primary place
of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions [Nexus Category 1],
2.A United States entity or organization that is (i) incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S.
states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories, or (ii)
organized 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 (including a federal, state, or
local government of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, and non-commercial
organizations based in the United States) [Nexus Category 2], or
3.A foreign entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America
or any of its possessions or territories [Nexus Category 3].

Nexus Category 3
A foreign entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or
any of its possessions or territories.
·Applicant must state country of citizenship.
·Applicant must also (1) regularly engage in lawful activities (sales of goods or services or
other business, commercial or non-commercial including not-for-profit activities) in the
United States; or (2) maintain an office or other property within the United States.
Category 3 Nexus Certification
Prospective Registrants will certify compliance with Category 3 Nexus based upon
substantial lawful contacts with, or lawful activities in, the United States.
Factors that should be considered in determining whether an entity or organization has a
bona fide presence in the United States shall include, without limitation, whether such
prospective usTLD domain name Registrant:
·Regularly performs lawful activities within the United States related to the purposes for
which the entity or organization is constituted (e.g., selling goods or providing
services to customers, conducting regular training activities, attending conferences),
provided such activities are not conducted solely or primarily to permit it to register
for a usTLD domain name and are lawful under the laws and regulations of the
United States and satisfy policies for the usTLD, including policies approved and/or
mandated by the DoC;
·Maintains an office or other facility in the United States for a lawful business,
noncommercial, educational or governmental purpose, and not solely or primarily to
permit it to register for a usTLD domain name.

The registry has dropped video.us TWICE in just a few months for that same reason (search the forum)... good luck :red:

 

[Rebel-Man]

I work for a registrar and have dealt with several of these. Unfortunately you must prove to the registry how the current registrant meets the legal type they have on file. You cannot change the registrant or nexus category as part of this process. The domain is locked at the registry and will not accept any updates. Unfortunately we've had the registry delete several domains on registrants as part of this process as they did not qualify to hold them.

If you cannot prove the current registrant is US based business they are going to delete the domain name.