
Registry Policies
General Registry Policies
- .ASIA General Registry Policy
- .ASIA Charter Eligibility Policy
- .ASIA Privacy Policy
- DotAsia Memorandum & Articles of Incorporation
- .ASIA Anti-Abuse Policy
- .ASIA Reserved Names Policies
Sunrise & Startup Policies
Other Policies
- One- & Two- ASCII Character .ASIA Release Policies
- .ASIA CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) IDN Policies
[Version with Tables (15MB)] [AnnexA (10MB) | AnnexB (4MB) | AnnexC]
Advisories & Addendum
- Special Advisory on Disinformation Against DotAsia
(Board Chair Letter on Recent Issues and Disputes as to Governance) - Special Advisory on DotAsia Organisation’s Nature as a Not-for-Profit Community Corporation
- Special Advisory on Policies Regarding Conflict of Interest, Abandoned Auctions & Disqualifications Due to Non-Payment
- Special Advisory on Auction Tampering
- Sunrise Addendum and Clarifications
- Special Advisory on Sunrise 3
- Pioneer Domains Program Addendum

As part of the Sponsored gTLD agreement with ICANN, DotAsia is responsible for policy development in a number of areas (Appendix S, Part 2. Delegated Authority – http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/asia/appendix-s-06dec06-en.htm#2), including for example:
- Establishment of domain naming conventions
- Reservation of names to be withheld from reservation in the TLD (in addition to those names reserved by ICANN and set forth in a schedule by ICANN)
- Reservation of names to be offered for registration other than on a first-come, first-served basis and creation of the policies and procedures under which such names may be registered
- Policies regarding eligibility to register a domain name in the TLD and restrictions and policies on how registered names may be used, which need not be uniform for all names within the TLD
- Procedures and schedule for the start-up or any subsequent sunrise policies and procedures
- Organizational governance policies and operations management will be formulated and maintained by the DotAsia Organisation
- Any other policies or practices not inconsistent with the Agreement, ICANN Temporary Specifications and Policies, or Consensus Policy
Current and Recent Policy Consultations:
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DotAsia AGM 2016, Auckland
DotAsia Annual General Meeting at APRICOT, Auckland, 02.21.2016
DotAsia AGM 2015, Fukuoka
DotAsia Annual General Meeting at APRICOT, Fukuoka, 03.01.2015
DotAsia AGM 2014, Petaling Jaya
DotAsia Annual General Meeting at APRICOT, Petaling Jaya, 02.24.2014
DotAsia AGM 2013, Singapore
DotAsia Annual General Meeting at APRICOT, Singapore, 02.24.2013

.ASIA Charter Eligibility Requirement Policies COMPLETE
View article: https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-Charter-Eligibility--COMPLETE-v4.5-2017-07-15.pdf
.ASIA Charter Eligibility Requirement Policies CANDIDATE RELEASE
View article: DotAsia-Charter-Eligibility--CANDIDATERELEASE-v4.4-2017-05-04.pdf
.ASIA Charter Eligibility Requirement Policies FINAL DRAFT
View Article: DotAsia-Charter-Eligibility--FINALDRAFT4.2-2017-03-07-1.pdf
.ASIA Charter Eligibility Requirement Policies (DRAFT)
Title Date Posted Comment Period Closing .ASIA Charter Eligibility Requirement Policies 2-February-2017 22-February-2017 Submitted Comments: Submitted by Organisation/Affiliation Date Comment Christian Müller Cronon AG 9-February-2017 Hi, we would support more open...
DotAsia Board Elections 2017 Procedures
View Article: https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-BoardElections2017_FINAL--2016-12-05.pdf

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.Asia Top-Level-Domain Introduces Simplified Registration Process – Registrants Outside of the Region Benefit
DotAsia Organisation, registry operator of the .Asia top-level-domain, announces new simplified registration process for .Asia domain names. Businesses and individuals acquiring .Asia names are no longer required to provide proof of locality during registration.
第二届DOMAINfest@IoN.Asia 在香港数码港成功召开
第二届DOMAINfest@IoN.Asia于2016年9月20日在香港数码港举办开幕仪式,为期3天的会议正式开始。而在9月19日下午,一些前期会议已经如火如荼的展开了。 上图,9月20日上午,左起DotAsiaCEO Edmon Chung钟宏安 ...
Ajitora at DotAsia Advances Sustainable Internet Governance Policies to Combat #1 Threat to Tigers
Ajitora Joins WWF in Celebrating Global Tiger Day with #ThumbsUpForTigers! Ajitora, Tx2 Ambassador, today coordinates a youth summit at the Youth Internet Governance Camp (YIGF) camp along with a multistakeholder ...
DotAsia’s Ajitora Spreads #doubletigers Movement Globally Online
Ajitora, DotAsia’s cyberspace tiger and appointed Tx2 Ambassodor, is proud to announce a global collaboration with domain registration and ecommerce storefronts to spread the Tx2 vision to #doubletigers in the wild by 2022. Building on the exciting news from WWF that wild tiger population ...
DotAsia Releases Images of Tx2 Ambassador Ajitora with CreativeCommons License
Ajitora Invites Internet Community to Join in the Tx2 Goals by Sharing an UPROAR! Building on Ajitora's appointment as an Ambassador for Tx2 (the goal to #doubletigers in the wild by 2022 jointly supported by GTF, WWF, TRAFFIC and others), DotAsia announces the release of Ajitora images ...
