---
title: ".TF — TLD Knowledge Base"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/tld/tf/"
data: "https://help.internetx.com/tld-data/tf.json"
lang: "en"
tld: ".TF"
registry: "Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.)"
country: "French Southern Territories"
updated: "2026-09-10"
---

# .TF
## Specifications

| | |
|---|---|
| Zone | .tf |
| Period | 1 year - 10 years |
| char length | 3-63 |
| Nameservers | 2-8 nameservers |
| Redemption | 30 days |
| whois server | whois.nic.tf |
| data set | ccTLD |
| Connection | Direct |

## Eligibility & Restrictions

Costs arise for failed domain registrations. Additional information about date, place and country of birth (private person) is required. Office/residence of the registrant in the EU required. Company number (companies) or ID card number (individuals) required. Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response.

> Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.

## Registration

Registration period: 1 year - 10 years. Processing is automated. Character length: 3-63. Requires 2-8 nameservers.

## Transfer Procedure

Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is automated. Transfer confirmation required by the losing registrar.

## Registrant Change

No registry-level owner change task. Updates handled via contact data updates.

## Renewal & Deletion

Explicit renewal task supported. Cancellation period: 0 days.

## Restore / Redemption Grace Period

Restore task is supported. RGP period: 30 days. Auto-renew grace period: 3 days.

## WHOIS / Privacy

WHOIS server: whois.nic.tf. WHOIS privacy not supported. Contact data publicly visible.

## Tasks (API)

- label: create, available: true, chargeable: true, authinfo: ALL, requiredAuthinfo: false, min: [object Object], max: [object Object], processing: AUTOMATED
- label: delete, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED
- label: preack, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED
- label: renew, available: true, chargeable: true, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: [object Object], max: [object Object], processing: AUTOMATED
- label: restore, available: true, chargeable: true, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: MANUAL
- label: restoreARGP, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED
- label: restoreNE, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED
- label: transfer, available: true, chargeable: true, authinfo: ALL, requiredAuthinfo: true, min: [object Object], max: [object Object], processing: AUTOMATED
- label: update, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED
- label: updateStatus, available: true, chargeable: false, authinfo: null, requiredAuthinfo: null, min: null, max: null, processing: AUTOMATED

## Data controllers

- name: , type: org, organisation: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.), address: 7, avenue du 8 mai 1945,Guyancourt 78280,France
- name: TLD Admin Contact, type: admin, organisation: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.), address: 7, avenue du 8 mai 1945,Guyancourt 78280,France

## Required fields

- techc/email
- ownerc/email
- adminc/email

## Restrictions

- text: Fehlgeschlagene Registrierungen sind kostenpflichtig., language: de
- text: Firmensitz/Wohnsitz des Inhabers muss in der EU liegen., language: de
- text: HR-Nummer (Firmen) oder Personalausweis-Nummer (Privatperson) erforderlich., language: de
- text: Nameserver müssen vorher eingerichtet sein und autoritativ antworten., language: de
- text: Zusätzliche Angaben von Geburtstag, Geburtsort und Geburtsland (Privatperson) sind erforderlich., language: de
- text: Additional information about date, place and country of birth  (private person) is required., language: en
- text: Company number (companies) or ID card number (individuals) required., language: en
- text: Costs arise for failed domain registrations., language: en
- text: Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response., language: en
- text: Office/residence of the registrant in the EU required., language: en

## Error codes

- EF00803
- EF01017
- EF00512
- EF03008
- EF01008
- EF01009
- EF03005
- EF01002
- EF03007
- EF03006
- EF03017
- EF01075
- EF03011
- EF01055
- EF01022
- EF03010
- EF01095
- EF03031
- EF01074
- EF0103118

## Root nameservers

- D.NIC.FR
- E.EXT.NIC.FR
- F.EXT.NIC.FR
- G.EXT.NIC.FR