Best way of getting around resident restriction

some country extensions limit regs to citizens

[cyberair]

I want to register some domains with country extensions, but after further reading, there is a rule that only allows people residing in that country to register domains with their country extension.

Of course I can find a "friend" that lives there, to register it for me... but I don't trust people too much, specially when they are very good domains. They might enforce their ownership once I have developed and made popular the domains.

Are there any other solutions, besides moving there?!

[Lord Majestic]

there is a rule that only allows people residing in that country to register domains with their country extension.

Which country is that, Cuba? I thought only .us were limited to US citizens and other countries took a relaxed view on their general purpose domains apart from special like ltd.uk that can only be had by Registered Limited Companies.

[bill]

In Japan there's a residence requirement for domains, but you can easily get around it using the local address of the registrar. They charge a bit more, but then you don't have to find a "friend". I guess it depends on what country you're talking about...

[gpmgroup]

You need to be careful when using a registrar address to circumvent residency requirements.

Recently AFNIC (French Registry) blocked 4500 .fr names all with the address of the local registar because a handful of those names were registered by cyber squatters.

[bakedjake]

Canada (.ca) has residency restrictions too, AFAIK.

You could always fake the information, or find a local lawyer and start a trust.

[marcel]

In Ireland you must have an Irish registered business name. I think it's the same in the netherlands too.

[willamowius]

The Dutch domains (.nl) are open to anyone.

[happyregistrar]

Chinese domains in totally native script are open to everyone - as well as keywords- you can become your own pay per click by owning a keyword and selling redirection services or whatever
best wishes this will be the biggest market in the world by 2008

[isorg]

Saudi Arabia (.sa) needs a Saudi national.