Summary

  • After the application submission period closes, ICANN performs administrative due diligence and verifies receipt of the evaluation fee.
  • It reviews submitted applications and groups identical strings into contention sets for Reveal Day preparation.
  • The check for all applications is expected to take about eight weeks, subject to application volume; if high volume prevents that, ICANN will post an updated timeline as soon as feasible.

Passing the Administrative Check means the filing cleared an early procedural gate. It is not substantive approval or a successful evaluation.

Analysis

Governance records should label this event precisely: administrative check completed, fee receipt verified, and identical-string grouping prepared where applicable. A status dashboard should not translate that event into “approved” or “evaluation passed.” The safest control is a stage ledger that keeps procedural passage separate from later evaluation, contention resolution, contracting and delegation. This ledger is BTW guidance, not an ICANN-required artifact.

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