1. Submission of Application Forms
Applicant to complete Form NV , Form LC , Form RC , other supporting documents and
i) for real time data → Form RT &  Form DU
ii) for non-real time data → Form NRT
then submit to marketing@ciis.com.hk.

2. CIIS Review
CIIS to review the application forms.

3. Submission of Additional Information
Applicant to submit any other additional information requested by CIIS if any.

4. Connection Test (applicable to direct connection vendor only)
CIIS Technical department to work with applicant on connection test.

5. Settlement of Deposit Invoice
Applicant is required to pay 50% of the fee payable to CIIS in the first year, including the license fee, minimum terminal fee and technical fee (if any) as deposit. The deposit cannot be used to offset any invoice and it is fully refundable (without interest) when the agreement is terminated. If the applicant decided to withdraw its application after the deposit payment, the deposit payment will not be refunded.

6. Signing of Standard Service Agreement
CIIS to prepare Standard Service Agreement to applicant. Application should sign and return 2-4 original hardcopies (depends on the license applied) to CIIS within one calendar month. CIIS should countersign and return 1 original hardcopy to applicant within 2 weeks.

7. Provision of Service
After deposit invoice and Standard Service Agreement are settled, the service can be provisioned. CIIS will issue the first annual license fee invoice within 2 weeks.

8. Submission of Monthly Subscriber Report (applicable to specific real time data licenses only)
Information vendor who is required to submit monthly subscriber report, should submit the first report within 60 days of the start date of the service to reports@ciis.com. hk , and submit the ongoing monthly report within 30 days after end of each month. CIIS should issue terminal fee invoice within 2 weeks after receiving monthly subscriber report.

1. Submission of Application form
Applicant to complete Form DU and submit to ndu@ciis.com.hk

2. CIIS Review
CIIS to review the application form and provide the datafeed via Information Vendor.

3. Datafeed Usage Agreement
CIIS to prepare Datafeed Usage Agreement to applicant. Application should sign and return 2 original hardcopies to CIIS within one calendar month. CIIS should countersign and return 1 original hardcopy to applicant within 2 weeks.

4. Execution of Agreement
After signing of Datafeed Usage Agreement, the Agreement is executed. CIIS will issue the first annual license fee invoice within 2 weeks.