Visa policy of Jordan


The visa policy of Jordan deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter Jordan must meet to be permitted to travel to, enter and remain in the country.
Jordanian visas are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic missions abroad with the stated goal of regulating and facilitating migratory flows.
Visitors to Jordan must obtain a visa from a Jordanian diplomatic mission unless they come from one of the 10 visa-exempt countries and territories or one of the 120 countries and territories whose citizens are eligible for a visa on arrival.
Citizens of member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Lebanon, and Turkey may travel to Jordan without visa limits for a maximum stay of 3 months in a 6 month period. However, citizens of Egypt and residents of the Palestinian Authority have visa free access for one month in a 6 month period, while citizens of Israel have visa free access for one month with unlimited times in a 6 month period. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months beyond the period of intended stay and with two blank pages. Visitors to Jordan must hold a non-refundable return or circle trip tickets except for Government workers continuing to Iraq. An identity card is accepted in lieu of a passport for Lebanese citizens, and EU citizens arriving at Aqaba airport on a direct flight from Brussels.

Visa policy map

As of right

The following citizens do not require a visa to enter, reside, study, and work indefinitely in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan without any immigration requirements:
1 – May enter with a Jordanian Identity Card or an expired Jordanian passport.

Visa exemption

Holders of passports of the following 12 countries and territories do not require a visa to visit Jordan up to 3 months per a 6 months for tourism or business purposes. An identity document is accepted in lieu of a passport for Lebanese citizens:
1 –Provided that the passport's number does not start with "00".
Visa is not required for holders of diplomatic passports issued by any country or territory except Iraq and Myanmar.
Visa is not required for holders of special passports issued by Russia for a maximum stay of 60 days.
Visa is not required for citizens of, and only if holding residence permits issued by a GCC Member States, Switzerland an EEA Member state, Australia, Canada, Japan, or a Permanent Resident Card issued by the USA. The residence permit should be valid for a minimum of 6 months and they must hold a non-refundable return or circle trip tickets.
Visa is not required for citizens of Iraq being crew members on duty.
Visa is not required for merchant seamen and crew members of all countries and territories except Myanmar arriving by air in order to board a ship, or if arriving by ship in order to board an aircraft, provided they are traveling on duty and are holding a Letter of Employment or Letter of Guarantee of the shipping company.
Visa is not required for holders of a Laissez-Passer Passport issued by the United Nations provided they are traveling on duty and are holding a security clearance issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Interior.
Visa is not required for members of the US military or personnel of the Department of Defense provided they are holding a US Military ID card and a travel order.

Visa on arrival

Citizens of countries and territories other than the following listed below and the countries and territories whose citizens are visa exempt can obtain a visa on arrival for a JOD 40.- for a maximum stay of 2 months and single entry:
Visa on arrival are not issued to holders of emergency, temporary, or ordinary passports issued by the following countries and territories:
1-visa on arrival only if holding residence permits issued by, a GCC Member States, Switzerland an EEA Member state, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea or a Permanent Resident Card issued by the USA. The residence permit should be valid for a minimum of 6 months and they must hold a non-refundable return or circle trip tickets.
2-visa on arrival if traveling for medical treatment for female or male older than 50 years and younger than 15 years
3-visa on arrival if holding a residence permit issued by a country whose citizens can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 2 months. residence permit valid for a minimum of 6 months from the arrival date
Special provisions exist regarding the visa on arrival for the citizens of the following countries and territories:
Accompanying staff, traveling with their employer, can obtain a visa on arrival for a max. stay of 3 months however this is not applicable for holders of ordinary passports issued by Myanmar, Libya, Syria and Yemen.
Visa on arrival for holders of an Interpol passport provided they are traveling on duty. The Interpol office in Amman must be notified prior to departure.

Transit

A transit visa is not required if holding a confirmed onward ticket for a flight to a third country within 48 hours.

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Jordan were from the following countries of nationality:
Country2018201720162015201420132012201120102009
854,515 775,700 756,989 883,884 1,057,604 1,079,361 1,144,118 1,074,190 1,337,4361,186,317
673,702 647,846 693,454 611,601 542,059 474,347 470,241 441,574 393,549340,571
173,424 143,241 142,044 158,364 224,872 325,291 373,107 292,129 254,303218,267
163,444 138,421 166,441 161,013 160,766 150,788 159,389 156,647 181,679170,055
150,222 172,841 244,418 258,366 249,561 262,950 353,827 326,511 379,777424,753
134,148 118,148 141,881 154,316 176,032 184,618 203,740 211,889 244,341226,305
103,064 98,081 136,973 193,966 421,166 548,663 1,190,201 1,903,749 2,382,6432,057,364
87,298 85,245 89,994 92,343 91,069 78,415 66,690 69,420 142,200139,830
74,174 49,194 57,497 47,951 56,323 66,528 59,549 59,074 70,12355,493
60,657 67,181 49,384 22,020 41,212 46,439 60,252 56,624 69,98861,225
56,954 43,668 57,720 49,755 54,129 57,784 60,913 64,973 52,99530,927
50,449 41,707 64,766 60,820 73,702 80,802 86,839 87,673 104,11989,519
49,787 49,224 53,434 56,661 66,740 58,772 65,859 108,638 186,134171,279
49,390 26,038 18,912 20,329 43,408 45,906 45,180 40,861 65,91548,860
48,399 33,189 34,306 35,954 42,818 42,193 50,601 63,076 103,72565,225
35,577 30,829 32,106 27,609 29,585 29,225 31,940 30,970 39,13932,887
31,524 31,905 57,333 71,895 67,071 62,157 53,619 42,230 46,58859,072
28,630 21,745 21,857 20,461 22,747 24,661 25,300 26,175 28,60423,348
28,612 17,558 16,375 17,379 26,908 26,246 27,101 23,875 44,95630,295
28,382 35,979 37,092 23,186 19,968 15,689 12,491 12,208 15,24712,693
27,646 11,273 11,957 12,607 19,723 18,539 14,774 23,339 20,87713,633
27,168 21,748 25,021 81,500 84,550 79,680 101,938 23,264 49,59038,478
25,488 26,401 31,554 31,508 31,070 28,359 35,941 43,645 100,02685,598
23,681 11,805 13,024 14,102 19,073 15,544 9,688 9,127 15,85217,685
23,178 16,844 13,857 15,144 22,940 20,249 24,527 21,114 26,08419,737
21,960 23,872 26,787 25,598 35,194 41,371 43,604 42,792 45,27740,135
21,541 9,608 5,399 7,662 11,217 12,488 15,492 15,266 24,25319,627
21,232 19,214 20,592 17,861 24,239 25,263 23,209 15,977 11,6777,102
20,345 18,508 22,605 18,050 19,682 19,951 46,107 155,993 171,260152,819
19,166 18,453 20,505 19,961 23,471 20,736 17,530 18,045 37,17734,980
16,921 15,660 12,789 11,521 15,366 18,683 18,225 17,859 13,4799,119
13,871 16,389 17,184 16,483 15,991 14,297 14,333 13,730 21,39318,391
13,412 12,879 23,232 19,982 19,570 20,407 20,697 20,572 28,90825,831
13,389 10,989 10,939 12,779 16,702 16,875 15,800 15,877 17,87916,128
13,106 11,818 8,641 7,739 9,439 10,312 11,339 10,493 8,9648,496
12,706 8,375 6,088 5,636 6,380 4,847 6,055 5,357 4,6033,983
12,462 10,771 10,871 13,206 15,978 16,460 16,898 20,109 18,01618,636
12,447 9,859 5,820 8,159 12,223 12,808 11,064 10,110 9,2515,282
11,076 8,458 9,601 7,620 17,039 15,279 15,321 12,829 18,91012,752
11,017 8,454 7,512 7,940 8,429 7,536 7,683 8,483 10,8779,199
10,843 7,558 4,577 5,319 5,332 5,839 6,060 4,506 6,8473,978
9,519 9,351 9,626 10,220 11,258 10,027 10,250 11,494 18,16911,866
9,070 7,174 6,719 9,954 14,019 13,014 16,053 18,578 21,78217,844
8,668 8,577 8,333 6,413 8,469 8,281 7,746 5,546 4,6132,393
7,940 6,308 5,651 5,591 8,937 9,470 10,088 13,044 9,4117,143
7,593 7,625 10,828 8,489 8,683 9,058 11,236 10,685 8,6847,316
7,338 7,480 5,690 5,261 5,736 4,231 4,101 3,423 5,4015,171
6,891 5,233 5,065 4,803 6,781 6,859 6,773 9,103 10,0357,303
6,590 4,204 4,123 3,584 4,402 3,565 3,493 3,505 6,0425,061
6,363 3,200 2,484 2,442 3,175 2,729 3,292 4,786 8,3078,538
6,152 5,299 4,423 2,997 4,920 5,248 7,393 4,976 3,8642,651
6,130 5,597 5,439 5,129 4,316 4,180 4,520 3,957 6,5475,643
6,069 1,866 1,163 1,218 1,478 1,257 1,653 2,629 3,7553,060
5,821 4,584 3,868 3,678 3,897 4,221 4,672 4,890 5,6704,678
5,561 3,033 2,141 2,162 2,207 2,061 2,169 2,398 2,4992,247
5,045 4,454 4,538 5,450 7,849 10,391 10,381 14,293 9,2218,035
4,945 1,588 1,250 1,283 1,224 1,070 1,1191,357
4,826 3,904 3,089 3,991 3,782 4,767 4,728 3,579 4,8813,289
4,789 3,933 3,799 3,461 4,404 4,245 4,550 4,210 5,2284,131
4,502 3,975 3,350 3,085 4,484 3,824 3,662 2,246 2,2751,680
3,626 3,051 1,936 1,933 2,528 2,748 2,186 1,975 399243
3,462 2,034 2,414 2,829 4,509 5,904 4,614 5,016 7,4673,353
3,422 1,642 1,469 1,344 1,615 1,412 2,005 1,761 1,9821,564
3,389 4,014 10,092 10,698 12,390 13,825 13,078 12,166 16,60515,492
3,320 3,242 1,884 2,333 6,508 8,437 7,888 6,197 7,6897,066
3,217 2,228 2,390 2,536 3,465 3,002 2,867 2,717 5,8673,856
3,055 2,280 1,480 1,618 1,854 2,093 2,129 2,167 2,2751,564
2,959 2,003 1,758 2,100 1,918 2,100 2,732 4,807 5,7354,021
2,916 1,954 1,040 1,763 2,010 2,652 3,251 2,109 1,7211,244
2,603 2,777 3,034 4,013 6,006 6,570 4,581 2,264 3,1062,675
2,458 1,518 1,027 1,172 1,197 1,029 972 947 1,2221,186
2,375 1,777 14,305 11,034 8,074 4,898 3,784 5,428 6,7947,359
1,883 1,746 1,544 1,110 1,752 2,019 1,6601,345
1,685 1,097 780 812 1,151 1,035 1,160 1,247 1,5081,014
1,580 942 674 748 1,282 1,417 1,069 2,518 2,5751,939
1,299 1,139 882 1,087 1,529 993 590 485 370567
1,280 518 353 455 574 646 692836
1,230 1,003 658 674 661 618 909543
1,142 1,462 3,511 2,980 1,184 779 1,400 1,313 587615
1,076 625 572 639 641 520 554620
993 864 700 895 936 781 1,159796
935 888 358 239 750 350 240 292 202136
858 639 720 612 789 707 897 1,132 1,0271,239
824 594 441 601 853 1,114 1,233 1,006 2,0391,492
766 572 511 403 548 383 472548
766 824 719 659 925 1,297 1,499 1,288 1,4531,216
646 542 406 378 352 443 434 3,124 3,3732,207
573 256 140 199 159 232 294 261 226186
494 402 316 1,866 1,355 953 835 552 2,5742,707
473 213 178 236 428 305 406 364 560341
241 233 324 382 224 241 241212
220 237 248 249 247 297 569 559 629701
104 118 111 115 103 72 79 44 4649
8 12 10 9 14 10 15 16 192229
0 3 0 0 796 687 916 1,227 2,0592,128
Other Europe 22,986 20,429 18,137 17,798 6,036 4,058 19,012 18,854 13,98811,987
Other Africa 10,327 7,886 5,578 4,852 5,128 4,816 4,897 3,985 1,2351,342
Other America 9,374 7,769 5,662 5,239 4,762 4,984 5,405 4,966 6,0014,440
Other Asia 2,668 3,056 3,159 2,686 2,370 2,449 2,230 1,312 654522
Total 3,482,071 3,108,663 3,364,639 3,508,775 4,101,003 4,283,743 5,236,088 5,824,683 7,045,2156,200,611