PIR, the Registry of .org domain name will be migrating all registrars over to EPP and a thick registry model throughout 2003. The RRP-EPP Proxy will be decommissioned near the end of 2003. It is important to note that both PIR and registrars are contractually obligated to complete the migration to EPP by the end of December 2003. We have taken initiative steps to complete the migration by 26th July 2003.

There will be no change in registration process. However, starting date mentioned above, .org domain name registration will NOT be able to accept native character and symbol. At the same time, an Authorization Info will be created during each domain registration. Authorization Info will not provided to Registrant during registration, but will be available upon request to Hitech United America Inc. The feature to request the Authorization Info online will be available soon.

There will be a new .org domain transfer function. Due to currently not all of the registrars have completed the new EPP migration, therefore please read the process below carefully to handle domain transfer that belong to different model:

1. Transfer to Hitech United America Inc:
   1. Your current Registrar has integrated new EPP: If your current Registrar has integrated the new EPP for .org, Authorization Info is required. Our system shall identify that and therefore you will be required to fill in the Authorization Info during transfer. Please obtain the Authorization Info from your current Registrar if do not have one. By submitting the Authorization Info, there will be no authorization email sending from us to authorize the domain transfer request.
      
      
   2. Your current Registrar is using old API (RRP): However, if your current Registrar still using RRP connection with PIR, your domain transfer process will be similar to .com and .net, which domain administrative contact will be required to authorize the transfer request in order to proceed the transfer submission.
      
      
2. Transfer away from Hitech United America Inc:
   Please contact boda.name@bodasoft.com to obtain the Authorization Info in order for you to transfer domain away from Hitech United America Inc.

Authorization Info will be created by respective Registrar during registration of .org (after new API integration), as well as for .info and .biz. Therefore please contact your current registrar if you would like to obtain the Authorization Info of your .org domain name. For more information, please refer to FAQ.

For all the .org domain names that previously registered (before date mentioned above), you do not require to do anything. The integration will not affect your web site performance and you will still be able to manage it as usual using Web Address Manager that provided by Hitech United America Inc.