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The '''Applicant Guidebook''' is an [[ICANN]] guidebook describing the entire process of applying for new [[gTLD]]s in the [[New gTLD Program]].<ref name="link1">[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12nov10-en.htm icann.org]</ref> '''FAG''' stands for '''Final Applicant Guidebook''' - the fifth version and latest version of the Guidebook was released in 2010 in order to get input on the Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook.<ref name="link2">[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm icann.org]</ref>

The '''Applicant Guidebook (AGB)''' is an [[ICANN]] guidebook describing the entire process of applying for new [[gTLD]]s in the [[New gTLD Program]].<ref name="link1">[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12nov10-en.htm icann.org]</ref>  

ICANN kept a four-month timeline for conducting a communications campaign to ensure that people who wanted to participate in the new gTLD process could get a fair idea when ICANN planned to start accepting applications for new gTLDs. It gave a chance for participants to comment either on a module or on the entire FAG, depending on the area of interest of the participant.<ref name="link2">[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm icann.org]</ref>

ICANN kept a four-month timeline for conducting a communications campaign to ensure that people who wanted to participate in the new gTLD process could get a fair idea when ICANN planned to start accepting applications for new gTLDs. It gave a chance for participants to comment either on a module or on the entire AGB, depending on the area of interest of the participant.<ref name="link2">[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-5-en.htm icann.org]</ref>

==Contents of the latest Applicant Guidebook ==

==Contents of the latest Applicant Guidebook ==

'''Module 2: The evaluation process'''

'''Module 2: The evaluation process'''

This module also provides different criteria required to determine whether applicants can be approved for delegation. All the applicants have to undergo an Initial Evaluation Process. It is necessary for all the applicants to pass the initial evaluation process. If the applicants fail the initial evaluation process then they can apply for Extended Evaluation Process. During the first Initial Evaluation Process ICANN evaluates an applied-for gTLD string, an applicant’s qualifications, and its proposed registry services. In the new FAG proposed by ICANN the Background screening check has been drastically changed. Now there will only be two mandatory Background screenings which each applicant should pass. They are as follows:  

This module also provides different criteria required to determine whether applicants can be approved for delegation. All the applicants have to undergo an Initial Evaluation Process. It is necessary for all the applicants to pass the initial evaluation process. If the applicants fail the initial evaluation process then they can apply for Extended Evaluation Process. During the first Initial Evaluation Process ICANN evaluates an applied-for gTLD string, an applicant’s qualifications, and its proposed registry services. In the new AGB proposed by ICANN the Background screening check has been drastically changed. Now there will only be two mandatory Background screenings which each applicant should pass. They are as follows:  

* General Business diligence and criminal history

* General Business diligence and criminal history

* History of Cyber squatting.  

* History of Cyber squatting.