Country Profile
Modern Jordan can trace its roots to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and the founding of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. A British protectorate, the Emirate became independent in 1946. It was then renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan, and it again changed its name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1949. The services industry is essential to Jordan’s economy. Tourists flock to Jordan’s Petra, a Nabatean city built in rock around 300 B.C., and to its other five UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- National anthem: The Royal Anthem of Jordan
- Location: Middle East
- Capital city: Amman
- Official language: Arabic
- Independence: 25 May 1946, from the United Kingdom
- Government type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy
- Head of State: Monarch
- Head of Government: Prime Minister
- Basis of legal system: Ottoman civil law (based on French civil law); English common law; Islamic law
- Currency: Jordanian Dinar
- Climate: Arid; Mediterranean climate
Programme Profile
Investment options for a single applicant
- Bank deposit in a non-interest bearing account, to be held for 3 years and investment in treasury bonds, to be held for 6 years at an interest rate determined by the Central Bank of Jordan.
- US$ 1 million (bank deposit) + US$ 1 million (treasury bonds)
- Investment in securities from an active investment portfolio that are held for at least 3 years.
- US$ 1.5 million
- Investment in a project that creates a minimum of at least 20 local jobs (or 10 local jobs for a project in a governorate other than Amman)
- US$ 1 million in any project in Jordan, or US$750,000 in projects located in Governorates outside that of Amman
Citizenship by Investment in Jordan
Jordan’s economic citizenship programme was launched in February 2018 under the provisions of the Jordanian Nationality Law, 1954 (No. 6 of 1954). Applications for citizenship are lodged with the Jordan Investment Commission, an entity established in 2014, with the main goal to promote and facilitate investment in Jordan.
- Jordan’s CBI application process takes up to three months.
- Successful applications must obtain approval by Jordan’s Council of Ministers and its monarch.
- Naturalised citizens are barred from political or diplomatic positions, from any public office, and from becoming members of the state council for a period of ten years from the granting of citizenship. They are also excluded from participation in municipal or village councils for a period of five years after obtaining citizenship.
- Loss of citizenship is considered if a person commits or attempts to commit an act to endanger Jordan’s peace and security, or if a person is found to have misrepresented evidence during the naturalisation process.
- Jordan is one of Middle East’s fastest-growing economies, and the programme is well suited to individuals who are seeking alternative citizenship with the benefits of business and commercial growth in an Arab country.