.tl Domain

.tl is the current country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for East Timor (Timor-Leste). It is administered through the Council of Country Code Administrators (CoCCA) and second-level registration is available through resellers worldwide with no local presence requirement. .tl complies with the ISO 3166-1 standard for the two-letter codes of the name of countries and can be used as an abbreviation in either of the country's two official languages: Timor Lorosa'e in Tetum or Timor-Leste in Portuguese. Registration is normally directly at second-level; one subdomain in use in the country itself is gov.tl, for government ministries. For example, the Government Portal is www.timor-leste.gov.tl. The previous ccTLD for East Timor was .tp. This ccTLD was, according to IANA, assigned in May 1997. According to the registry, all registrants in .tp were automatically given the equivalent domains in .tl, and no further .tp registrations were accepted until its removal from the root zone in February 2015. For several years, the .tl WHOIS information at IANA showed no sponsoring organization or registry, and the domain did not appear to work even though the country involved claimed to be transitioning to it. However, as of 30 September 2005, there is contact information in the IANA WHOIS and a registry site at nic.tl, although the site has been inactive since 2021. A WHOIS service remains accessible. The majority of current .tl registrations are domain hacks directly at the second-level by various international entities, often with no direct connection with Timor Leste.

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Available Extensions

Available registrations (e.g. domain.tl): Yes

Useful Information

  • Cancellation period 35 Days
  • Whois Server whois.nic.tl

Contact Prerequisites

Available types:

  • Owner must be Person or Organization

Transfer

Before the transfer can be started, the domain must be enabled for transfer by the old registrar.

The transfer must be initiated by our system.

To successfully initiate a transfer, you must provide a valid authorization code. You can obtain the authorization code from the old registrar.

Usually, a transfer completes almost in real time.

Owner Change

An owner change is free and can be easily performed in our system.

Name Server

  • Check: No
  • IP Types: IPv4/IPv6
  • DNSSEC: Yes
  • min. Name servers: 1
  • max. Name servers: 10

Restoration

Restoration is not supported by the registry.