While ICANN is extending the deadline to 19 December 2025, it strongly encourages applicants to submit their completed ASP applications before 19 November. This ensures that qualified applicants will receive earlier certainty about the percentage discount they will receive on gTLD application fees, which ranges from 75 to 85 percent and is determined by the total number of qualified applicants. It reduces the risk that ASP evaluations will overlap with the opening of the new gTLD application submission period in April 2026.