Country code for Portugal   Use Companies or private entities that are located in Portugal mainly use this TLD. .com.pt is the Second-Level-Domain of Portugal and can be registered by anyone. There are no requirements for the registration of a .com.pt.   Legal requirements   Domain Use .pt Copy of the CIPC or equivalent document Copy of the DR Copy of Identity Card. Only applies to Portuguese inhabitants. In case a trademark is the reason for the application of a .pt domain name you also should provide a copy of the Brand Name Registration Certificate or the respective Application (when this is the basis for registration of the domain), plus the certified search for the trademark and declaration of granting of the brand name, where applicable. .com.pt No special requirements? Anyone can register a .com.pt domain name.   Technical requirements At least 2 name servers should be configured.   Naming conventions All letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) are allowed; hyphens (-) are also allowed, however not at the beginning or at the end of the domain name. A domain name should be between 3 and 63 characters long.   Registration term 1 to 20 years

General information .pt domain names transfers to UniNames are possible. The transfer itself is free, but is considered as a new registration; therefore a 1-year fee will be charged (or more years on request). Exactly 1 year after you have transferred your domain name, it will expire. Keep in mind that any remaining registration time at your former agent will be lost.

Updates The following domain name information can be updated through your UniNames domain control panel.     Processing Owner contact Within 12h Admin contact Within 12h Technical contact Within 12h Billing contact Within 12h Name servers Within 12h*   * Changes are processed in real-time but due to the nature of the domain name system it might take 24 to 48 hours before the changes are propagated worldwide. The Portuguese registration office can always reject a requested change whenever this is not compliant with their rules. The .pt WHOIS zone files are updated every 24 hours. Updates can be done by any UniNames account having edit permissions on the domain name.

Renewal The billing contact of the domain name will automatically receive an invoice to renew the domain name. If the invoice is paid before the domain name expires, the domain name will be renewed. Note the importance of correct billing information! The domain name will be automatically cancelled when its payments is 30 days overdue. The domain name will be archived. To reactivate this domain name you will have to request this name again. If the owner or the billing contact asks us to let the domain name expire: the domain owner will be notified by e-mail the domain billing contact will be notified by e-mail the accounts with permissions on the domain name will be notified by e-mail