Registrar accreditation agreement (RAA) verification is a part of the Whois Data Accuracy specification, ICANN expects Registrant to verify their contact information of the domain name within 15 days while any of below actions are made
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A domain name being registered.
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A domain name being transferred in
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Contact details of existing domain is modified.
If the domain owner fails to verify the contact information withing stipulated period of 15 days, the domain will get suspended until the verification process is completed
This RAA verficiation process came into effect from January 1st, 2014. Domain names that are already registered are not subject to such verification unless their contact information is modified in their client account profile.