Confirmation can take up to a week, but is usually less than that.
CIS charge 100 for the hosting of a new domain, and 150 for the transfer of an existing domain to a JMU server. This is aimed at discouraging people from registering domains with other organisations, since persuading those organisations to relinquish them later can take a great deal of tedious time and effort. The above Web sites provide information on fees and how to register.