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No. Article 4 of the Naming Charter limits holders to natural and legal persons established in New Caledonia, and Article 11 ties every category to a local register or a local residence. Because the charter defines no trustee, local representative or nominee mechanism, a proxy cannot open the door either. The closing paragraph of the same article extends the rule over time: those who lose their residence or place of business there may no longer hold a name. If you do have a company in New Caledonia the position differs — write to us from the contact page.

It depends on the category, and the documents are renewed periodically. Legal persons supply a copy of their RIDET identifier and of the trade register entry; self-employed professionals add a business licence certificate and an identity card. Individuals must show, when opening the account, proof of an address in New Caledonia held for more than six consecutive months plus valid identity, and at each renewal a proof of residence less than three months old. Failure to supply them blocks the account and the associated names without notice.

Between 12 and 60 months. Article 10 of the Naming Charter defines the validity period as at least twelve and at most sixty months from the last billed operation, and makes renewal implied: the registration continues unless the holder sends a deletion request. The maximum term is therefore five years, not ten. Article 20 adds that the management fee is payable in advance, that invoices are issued only in the holder's name, and that technical changes, administrative changes and deletion requests are not billed.

Three characters. Article 15 of the Naming Charter makes names of fewer than three characters, names beginning or ending with a hyphen and excessively long names unregistrable. Permitted characters are limited to the letters A-Z of the French alphabet, the digits 0-9 and the hyphen — accented letters and non-Latin scripts are not listed, so this zone supports no IDN. Article 17 adds one more restriction: no pre-reservation of any kind is possible, so there is no waiting list or priority right.

There are two operations, one heavier than the other. A change of holder sits in Article 26: transfer is possible, but the identification step is subject to prior control by OPT-NC, the incoming holder must prove the outgoing holder's acceptance, and the request must be signed by the holder alone and sent by post — there is no online route. A change of manager (gestionnaire) sits in Article 21 and is easier: the holder does it from their own management area, and the outgoing manager may ask the authority to verify the request.

It can be hidden if you are a natural person. Article 30.2 of the Naming Charter defines an option called restricted publication: where the registration is made by a natural person the holder may take it up, and when it applies telephone, fax, physical address and email are not published in whois, only technical information remains, and the holder can still be contacted by email without the details being disclosed. The administrative contact enjoys the same right. Article 18 confirms that a verification procedure does not lift this confidentiality.

Only in court. Article 25 of the Naming Charter says it in a single sentence: the authority does not offer alternative dispute resolution procedures, so holders must settle their disputes through the ordinary courts. A UDRP filing or the French SYRELI procedure therefore does not operate in this zone. Article 27 governs compulsory transfer, but ties it to a court decision carrying provisional enforcement and to service of that decision on the authority by a bailiff.