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Who can register a .fi domain name?

• A private person can apply for a domain name but they must be at least 15 years of age with a Finnish Personal Identity Number and is domiciled in Finland. Those between the ages of 15 and 17 must have a guardian apply for the name of their behalf.

What is required for registering a .fi domain name?

• You need the Business ID code of your company/organization or the registration number of your association.

• If you are a private person, you need your Personal Identity Number.

What are the .fi syntax rules?

• A fi domain name must consist of between 2-63 characters.

• The allowed characters are letters from a to z, numbers from 0 to 9 and the dash (-).

Does .fi allow IDNs?

• As of September 1, 2005, it became possible to apply for .fi domain names represented by the native characters

• Internet name server systems can only process the traditional letters of the Latin alphabet. Therefore, native language characters should be converted into a form which can be processed by name server systems.

source: 101domain.com / ficora.fi