Check your eligibility

Do you meet the criteria to receive APNIC resources?

Before applying for numeric Internet resources, you should refer to the associated policies to determine if you are eligible to receive them.

IPv4 requests will be assessed under Section 3. in "Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific region

IPv6 initial delegation criteria

Automatic qualifications for IPv6 addresses if you have IPv4 addresses

Criteria	Related policy
APNIC Members with IPv4 but no IPv6 automatically qualify for an appropriately sized block of IPv6 addresses. Members with an IPv4 allocation are eligible for a /32 of IPv6 Members with an IPv4 assignment are eligible for a /48 of IPv6. Members who already hold IPv4 address space will not pay any resource application fees.	[APNIC-089] IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy

Qualification if you don't have IPv4 or want more than the minimum allocation size

Members receiving only IPv6 address space will:

Need to qualify under allocation criteria described in the tables below
Need to pay the annual membership fee and a non-refundable IP resource application fee.

Members who already hold IPv4 space and are applying for more than the minimum IPv6 allocation size will not pay any resource application fee.

Minimum initial allocation size

Criteria	Related policy
Must be an LIR Not be an end site Plan to announce IPv6 within two years To also qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an organization must meet one of the two following criteria: Have a plan for making at least 200 assignments to other organizations within two years Be an existing LIR with IPv4 allocations from an APNIC or an NIR, which will make IPv6 assignments or sub-allocations within two years.	[APNIC-089] IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy

Criteria

Related policy

Must be an LIR
Not be an end site
Plan to announce IPv6 within two years

To also qualify for an initial allocation of IPv6 address space, an organization must meet one of the two following criteria:

Have a plan for making at least 200 assignments to other organizations within two years
Be an existing LIR with IPv4 allocations from an APNIC or an NIR, which will make IPv6 assignments or sub-allocations within two years.

[APNIC-089] IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy

Allocation of /32 or greater

Criteria	Related policy
Should not be an end site Organization must provide comprehensive documentation of planned IPv6 infrastructure that requires a larger allocation, or Organization must provide its existing IPv4 infrastructure and customer base and its intention to move some of its existing IPv4 customers to IPv6 wihtin two years.	[APNIC-089] IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy

Experimental allocations

Criteria	Related policy
Experiment documented in: Experimental RFC Alternative publication approved by APNIC. Please contact the APNIC helpdesk for more information.	[APNIC-109] Experimental allocations policy More information on Experimental allocations

Criteria

Related policy

Experiment documented in:

Experimental RFC
Alternative publication approved by APNIC.

Please contact the APNIC helpdesk for more information.

[APNIC-109] Experimental allocations policy

More information on Experimental allocations

IPv6 assignments

Criteria	Related policy
APNIC provides three policies under which organizations can receive portable assignments for the organization's infrastructure.	[APNIC-089] IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy

Already have IP address space and want more?

Allocations

Subsequent allocations of IPv4 or IPv6 address space depend on certain criteria being fulfilled in accordance with relevant address management policies.

Check criteria for subsequent allocations

Assignments

If you wish to receive additional IPv4 or IPv6 assignments, you can, provided you meet the criteria for one of the three portable assignment policies.

Check criteria for portable assignments

Who can receive resources from APNIC?

APNIC aims to make numeric Internet resources available to all those who can demonstrate a need for them. Decisions on the eligibility for resources are based on policies determined by the Asia Pacific Internet community in a bottom-up, transparent policy development process that is assisted by the APNIC Secretariat.