Would this apply to International Projects too ?

Mike, this is a general approach to any communication you have that involves GBCI. So, that's a yes to your questions.

That is great to know!! We just got a couple of answers out of GBCI that were really helpful. They provide us a tracking number in case we wanted to go back to the same case again or had further questions. Before we used to solve stuff by talking to people who had already gone to a sucessful certification process but since all project are different sometimes it was still hard to figure out how to document or approach a credit. CIR was always an option but because the time they take and also the cost we were unable to submit one (even being at US $300 which is nothing compared to what a project cost) We are really happy to hear about this new iniciative, international project will flow better now.