Guidelines for Applicants
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These guidelines are aimed at any person with an e-mail address that interacts with NIC Argentina in order to register a domain name in the name of a registrant. We recommend that you read the Applicable Regulations carefully.

In order to register a domain name, the following steps must be followed:
  • Check if the domain name to be registered is available through the "Consult domain names" (Consulta de dominios) option.
  • You will be informed whether the domain name has already been registered or not “The domain name is available” (El nombre de Dominio se encuentra disponible ...)
  • If you do not yet have an Internet Service Provider (ISP), you may reserve the Domain name without delegation. The delegation process may be carried out subsequently through the “Web Transactions” (Trámites vía Web) option.
  • If you already have an ISP, you should obtain information on the DNSs (IP name and address) which will manage the domain name you wish to register. Be sure that the information on the domain has already been loaded in the designated DNSs.
  • Click the “Register of a Domain Name” (Registrar Dominio) button on the navigation tool. A guided process to carry out the registration will appear on the computer screen. Before filling in the form, you should know the meaning of Registrering Entity and Authorized Person:

    Registering Entity (Entidad Registrante): is the beneficiary entity or owner of the domain name to be registered and, according to our applicable rules, it must be a natural or artificial person.

    Authorized Person (Persona Responsable): is the natural person appointed by the registering entity to deal with all the issues related to the domain.
Should you apply for a domain name for a third party, (e.g. a customer), remember that the customer is the Registering Entity (the beneficiary of the domain name, so the form must be filled in with the customer's data when the Registering Entity data are required.
  • NIC Argentina will return the completed form to the e-mail address of the applicant's domain name.
  • Check the accuracy of the data in the form received and return it without any modification, neither manual nor automatical, to the sender's address. If the particulars in the form are not accurate, do not modify the e-mail, just delete it and fill in a new form with the relevant data.
  • NIC Argentina will begin the registration transaction and will send a new e-mail to acknowledge receipt and inform the assigned transaction identifier.
  • NIC Argentina will process the transaction.
You may obtain information on the status of the application in the “Web Transactions” (Trámites vía Web) option.

In order to register a domain name under the .gov.ar or .mil.ar subdomains, in addition to the pertinent web form, it is necessary to send an application in writing. Such application must be drawn up in the headed paper of the entity that is registering the domain, and must contain the original signature and seal of the entity's authorized officer. The application must be addressed to NIC Argentina and will be delivered in person or posted by mail

Sample of gov.ar/mil.ar application

The transaction will be completed approximately within five working days of the date of submission of the documents.

For more information, please check on the option Frequently Asked Questions.