The Street of Facades carved into the rock at Petra, Jordan

Who needs a visa for Jordan?

Western Asia · Amman

Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 11 enter Jordan with no paperwork at all. The rest: 133 can get a visa at the border and 54 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Jordan government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Jordan's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 11

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa on arrival 133

Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.

Visa required 54

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Jordan

Region
Western Asia
Capital
Amman
Population
11,520,684 2025 · 83rd of 197
Size
89,342 km² 110th largest of 199
Density
129 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Jordanian dinar JOD

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.