Work and residence permit

The entry  of a non-Jordanian worker into the territory of the Kingdom requires obtaining a visa that allows him to enter within the types and controls specified in the Visa Law No. (3) of 1997 and its amendments, but the Law excludes in Article (3/a) what is stated in the agreements concluded between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and other countries in this regard, whereby holders of such foreign nationalities are allowed to enter the territory of the Kingdom without a visa, such as Egyptian nationality.

The Residence and Borders Law requires non-Jordanians to obtain a residence permit from the Ministry of Interior for the purposes of residence in Jordan, but exempts certain nationalities (nationalities not restricted by residency conditions), such as Egyptian workers who must determine their place of residence at the security center under its jurisdiction.

According to Article (14/4) of the Instructions on the Conditions and Procedures for Employment and Recruitment of Non-Jordanian Workers for the year 2012 and its amendments, the worker  must enter the Kingdom before the expiration of (45) days from signing the employment contract with the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower, and the worker is required  upon entering the territory of the Kingdom to join the employer who recruited him, and  to conduct a medical examination at the Expatriates Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health, and then work to obtain a work permit from the Labor Directorate in which the recruitment application was submitted.

According to Article (14/6) of the Terms and Conditions and Procedures for the Employment and Recruitment of Non-Jordanian Workers for the year 2012 and its amendments, the Egyptian worker shall pay the amount of (250) US dollars or its equivalent in Jordanian dinars upon entering the Kingdom, as insurance for the purposes of the obligation to join the employer who recruited him.

Jordanian jurisprudence has established that the intent of the non-Jordanian worker’s obligation to obtain a work permit is for the purposes of regulating migrant workers in Jordanian territory, and to impose penalties on those who violate them, without this extending to the employment contract concluded between the worker and the employer and the rights and obligations it entails for both parties. That is, the failure of a non-Jordanian worker to obtain a work permit does not deprive him of his rights and does not prevent him from claiming them before the administrative and judicial authorities, each according to their jurisdiction.

Resolution of the Minister of Labor No. (15/2022) dated 2/21/2022 regulated the procedures for a worker who holds Egyptian nationality to obtain what is called (exit and return permission), where it was decided that the worker may obtain exit and return permission within the period specified by the employer (and no There is a maximum limit for it), but it is required that this be during the validity period of the work permit, and the worker is required to return to the Kingdom’s lands before the expiry date of the exit and return permit, and to obtain this permit, it is required to pay the prescribed allowance of (10) dinars.

The decision of the Minister of Labor No. (15/2022) dated 21/2/2022 regulated the procedures for the Egyptian worker to obtain the so-called (final departure) within the following conditions:

1. Must have previous work permits.
2. To obtain the final departure before the lapse of (90) days from the date of expiry of the work permit.
3. Pay the value of the work permit fee for any periods of work of the worker without a work permit.
4. Pay the final departure service allowance of (10) dinars.