Since 15^th March, 2009, ICANN requires gTLD Registrars to follow the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy 1 while processing Inter-Registrar Transfers. It is recommended that you go through the same, to acquaint yourself with its requirements.

There are instances where the transfer of a domain name might get stuck, and the Registrar has to perform certain steps to push it through. The possible problems and their solutions are mentioned underneath.

1. 1. ICANN's Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars