Yes. There are documents required to register a domain name with this extension. Documents to proof that you are legally connected to Cape Verde. The document you provide must include and match the domain name you are registering. Additonal documents such as Tax ID or Vat ID should be provided.

No. There is no Trustee Service (Proxy) available for this domain name extension.

Trustee Service helps you satisfy most local presence requirements when there are restrictions on registering a domain name.

No, one cannot protect private information for this domain extension as the zone does not provide means to hide information. Information including emails, names, contact address, etc will be displayed on WHOIS.

Yes, .CV domain names are restricted. Going against the laws of the country with the domain name is prohibited.

The .CV domain name is restricted to Cape Verde nationals and legal residents.

The minimum period to register the .CV domain extension is 1 year.

It takes 3 months to register a .CV domain name.

You do not have to wait for your domain name to expire before renewing it. The .CV domain name, after expiration, goes into a renewal grace period for 60 days, after which it goes into a redemption period of 28 days (a period also known as the Pending Delete Restorable) when all services associated with the domain (such as DNS, website, emails, etc) will no longer be available. Renewal at this period would cost N67,500. At the end of this period, the domain enters a 14-day Pending Purge period and the domain can no longer be renewed or recovered and would be available to the general public for registration on a "first come first serve basis".

Domain Names must : -have minimum of 2 and a maximum of 63 characters; -begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number; -use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z),numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these; neither begin with, nor --- -end with a dash; - not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.xy- -.cv); - not include a space (e.g. www.xy cv)

The registry for the domain name extension is known as Agência Nacional das Comunicações (ANAC).

The maximum period to register the .CV domain name extension is 5 years.