Hello Wayne,

It takes a maximum of two days from the time when the transfer is initiated.
This is implemented in the AusRegistry software.

The losing registrar has not ability to deny a transfer.

From the auDA transfer of registrar policy
(http://www.auda.org.au/docs/auda-2002-08.txt):

"4.6	Transfers that have been properly authorised and processed according
to the requirements of this policy and any 
procedural requirements of the registry, will proceed within 2 days of
initiation. "

Regards,
Bruce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Herring [mailto:wayne§wayneherring.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:00 AM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] How long should a transfer take?
> 
> 
> How long should a transfer take between two registrars? I 
> customer who is 
> moving a domain from Melbourne IT to Enetica. They approved 
> the transfer 
> yesterday. Enetica told me the hold up was probably at 
> Melbourne IT's end, 
> Melbourne IT tell me that the delay is at the registry end 
> and that it will 
> take 2-3 days. In the meantime the domain is locked and I 
> can't redelegate 
> it (I know, I should have made the changes before doing the transfer).
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
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