Buying a .CA domain if I live in the US?

[pjam1110]

If I want to register a .ca extension and I know someone in canada how does that work? Do they register it and push it to me? I am confused on how the process works.
Thanks for any input.

[katherine]

You need to be a Canadian national or resident. Or a local company or have a TM, plus a few eligible categories of individuals such as the Queen of England
You could ask a friend there to register the domain on your behalf but he/she would be the legal owner.

[pjam1110]

So if someone regged for me how is it mine? or is it.
That is where i am confused.

[katherine]

Well if you are not eligible, you may not own one.
You need to have a trusted person to hold ownership of the domain name. That itself is circumventing the rules, it's not endorsed or recommended by the registry either.

[hugegrowth]

You'd need to know someone with Canadian presence you could trust to own it for you. Legally they would own it, so you'd have to trust them very well to do what you wanted with the domain.

[stewie]

So if someone regged for me how is it mine? or is it.
That is where i am confused.

Just general info:

It does not matter who regg'd the name for you...you can't own a .ca unless...

1)Are you a Canadian? Yes or No
2)Do you have a business operating in Canada? Yes or No

If you can't answer Yes to either of those two questions then you can't own a .ca

there really is no need for confusion.

[pjam1110]

Got it. Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.