# How to approve outgoing domain transfer

## Question

An email with the following contents has been received for a number of domain names:

```
<span>Action: outgoing transfer pending </span><br></br><span>Status: <strong>ACT </strong></span><br></br><span>Order date: 2018-05-23 </span><br></br><span>Activation date: 2018-05-23 </span><br></br><span>Renewal date: 2020-12-10 </span><br></br><span>Expiration date: 2020-12-10 </span><br></br><span>Comments: the transfer has been requested by another registrar </span><span>for this domain; if you do not explicitly approve or </span><span>reject, the domain will be transferred in 5 days </span><span>automatically</span>
```

<span>Can an outgoing transfer be forced to complete?</span>

## Answer

To complete an outgoing transfer to another registrar:

#### Via FOA email (for gTLDs)

After an outgoing transfer is started, the registrant (domain owner) will receive a "FOA2" email asking them to confirm or deny the transfer.  
  
**Tip**: Approving the FOA2 email helps complete your transfer faster.

#### Via RCP (Reseller Control Panel)

- Navigate to **Domains Overview &gt;&gt; Recent Domain Trades &gt;&gt; [Outgoing transfers](https://cp.openprovider.eu/web/action/index#/domain/queue/transfer/outgoing)** tab in RCP and click on **Approve** in the actions column.

#### Via API

- - REST API - [ApproveTransfer](https://docs.openprovider.com/doc/domain.swagger#operation/ApproveTransfer)
    - XML API - [approveTransferDomainRequest](https://doc.openprovider.eu/API_Module_Domain_approveTransferDomainRequest)

If case an outgoing transfer is not processed, please refer to [the article](https://openprovider.help/books/domains/page/why-is-my-transfer-not-yet-processed#h_01F35N152BCT3N6K6V448RW29D) for possible reasons.

**Note:** Rejecting/declining domain transfers is not possible from registrar end.