Jordan
Jordan Investor Citizenship Program
Minimum investment
JOD 1,000,000
Processing time
several months, subject to Cabinet-level and royal approval
Physical presence
none required
- Investment route
- •Purchase of newly issued shares in Jordanian companies through a licensed broker, minimum JOD 1,000,000, held at least 3 years with no more than 20% concentrated in a single company
- •New productive project in Amman Governorate, minimum JOD 700,000 in fixed/non-current assets averaged over 3 audited years, creating at least 20 Jordanian jobs (90% monthly compliance)
- •New productive project outside Amman, minimum JOD 500,000, creating at least 10 Jordanian jobs (90% monthly compliance)
- •Small/medium enterprise investment of USD 750,000, held at least 3 years
- •Larger company investment of JOD 3,000,000
- Investment breakdown
- •the program (launched 2018 under Jordan's investor citizenship framework) was formally revamped in July 2026: the Ministry of Investment raised the investment requirement for the Amman Stock Exchange share route and introduced stronger incentives to direct investment toward governorates and priority national sectors, explicitly measuring program success by economic impact (jobs, productive investment) rather than headcount of citizenships granted
- •the previous passive bank-deposit and government-bond routes (last set at USD 1,000,000 and USD 1,000,000 respectively under a 2019 Cabinet decision) have since been phased out in favor of these active, job-creating routes
- Additional fees
- •administrative processing fees apply in addition to the core investment
- •Cabinet approval carries no separate formal fee beyond standard filing costs
- Eligibility
- •18+
- •Clean criminal record
- •Verifiable source of funds
- Due diligence
- •applications reviewed by a special investor committee, which submits its recommendation to the Minister of Interior
- •job-creation routes require Social Security Corporation registration and monthly compliance verification over the full holding period
- •for the project routes, a temporary passport is issued during the 3-year holding period, with full citizenship granted only after the holding period is completed
- Family inclusion
- spouse and dependent children
- Naturalization
- •for the project-investment routes, a temporary passport is issued while the 3-year job-creation and holding requirements are being met
- •full citizenship is granted once the holding period concludes and compliance is confirmed
- •the share-purchase route can lead to citizenship more directly once the 3-year share-retention period and compliance checks are satisfied
- Renewal
- citizenship is permanent, though naturalised citizens are barred from holding senior public office for 10 years
- Dual citizenship
- •Generally permitted in practice under the 1954 Nationality Law as amended in 1987, and dual nationals are not automatically stripped of Jordanian citizenship
- •citizens are formally required to notify the government of any foreign nationality held, and acquisition of the nationality of a non-Arab state can in some circumstances require Cabinet consent — investors should seek case-specific legal advice
- Key benefits
- access to Jordan's business environment at the crossroads of the Levant and Gulf, and to free-trade arrangements including Qualifying Industrial Zone access to US markets
- Taxation
- worldwide income taxed only if tax-resident in Jordan
Application process
- 1.apply through the Jordan Investment Commission
- 2.select the deposit or enterprise route
- 3.complete financial and security due diligence
- 4.obtain Cabinet approval and Royal Decree
- 5.receive citizenship