In general
your passport has to be valid minimum 6 month beyond the
length of the trip. Most nationalities can obtain the
Jordanian visa at the airport or the land borders,
except the Allenby Bridge/King Hussein Bridge.
The cost of a single entry
visa is 10 JD per person
(around 15 USD), it is valid
for 28 days. Groups of five
persons or more arriving
through a Jordanian tour
operator are exempted from
all visa charges if they
stay minimum 2 nights in
Jordan, arrive and depart on
the same flight.
Arrivals at Aqaba, either
through the port, the
airport or at the crossing
from Israel or Saudi Arabia,
are granted a free visa to
Jordan. Some nationalities
need the visa prior to
arrival. Contact us if you
are not sure about your
status.
When travelling in areas
like the Jordan Valley and
the Dead Sea, take your
passport with you. Due to
the close location to the
border of Israel and the
Palestinian Territories,
passport checks are common.
Airports: Jordan has
three airports and the most
visitors arrive via Queen
Alia International Airport (QAIA),
30 minutes distant from
Amman city. East of Amman,
Marka Airport mainly serves
as a regional airport. North
of Aqaba, King Hussein
International Airport (KHIA)
is located, approximately a
45 minutes flight from
Amman.
Border Crossings:
Jordan shares borders with
Israel and the Palestine
Territories in the west,
Syria in the north, Iraq and
Saudi Arabia in the north
and south. Between Syria -
Jordan, you can cross two
borders Jaber or Ramtha.
Jaber is 80 kms away from
Amman and more popular for
visitors. Both borders are
open 24/7 throughout the
year.
Three border crossings are
existing between
Israel/Palestine – Jordan:
The Allenby/King Hussein
Bridge, 57 kms away from
Amman, is open Sun - Thu
08:00 – 20:00 for
arrivals and 8:00 to
14:00 for departures and
Fri - Sat 08:00 – 13:00.
It is not possible to
obtain here a visa to
Jordan. The border is
closed on Yom Kippur and
the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid
al Adha).
The Sheikh Hussein
Crossing/Jordan River
Terminal in the north,
90 kms away from Amman,
is open Sun - Thu: 06:30
– 21:00, Fri-Sat: 08:00
– 20:00. It is closed on
Yom Kippur and the
Islamic New Year.
The Wadi Araba
Crossing/South Border, 7
kms away from Aqaba,
operates Sun – Thu 06:30
– 20:00 and Fri – Sat
08:00 – 20:00. Wadi
Araba Crossing closes on
Islamic New Year and Yom
Kippur.
No land border connects
Egypt - Jordan, but between
the two countries daily
ferries are operating. There
is the boat service from
Nuweibah to Aqaba Port, and
another from Taba to Aqaba.
The border between Iraq -
Jordan is called Al Karamah
Border Crossing, 331 kms
away from Amman. There are
three border crossings Saudi
Arabia - Jordan, open 24/7
throughout the year: Umari
and Mudawara Border as well
as the Durra Crossing, close
to Aqaba.
