Work Permits

Procedures for issuing or renewing a work permit

1. Documents required from employers
2. Request for a work permit for the worker, according to the approved form on paper or electronically.
3. The original professions license (valid) of the establishment and a copy thereof, or through interconnection.
4. The original commercial register of the establishment and a copy thereof, or through interconnection.
5. A valid professional office license for clinics of non-Jordanian doctors who own private medical clinics.
6. A statement issued by the Social Security Corporation showing the institution’s participation in social security, or through interconnection. (It was suspended for work permit renewal cases, by Decision No. 10/2024, provided that non-Jordanian workers are subscribed in the same name as the employer and their participation is effective).
7. A copy of the employer’s ID, or a public or private power of attorney, and attach a copy of the principal’s ID, and in the case of authorization, bring a bank authorization and attach a copy of the authorized ID.
8. Security clearance (for tourist establishments or establishments where the number of employees exceeds 30 workers).
9. Bank or judicial guarantee according to the number of employees stipulated in the instructions.
10. Documents required from workers from the Gaza Strip
11. A personal photo of the worker.
12. Gaza Strip ID card issued by the Ministry of Interior.
13. Medical examination through interconnection with the Ministry of Health.
14. Certificate of practicing the profession for some professions. (It was suspended for all employees by circular No. 284/2019).
15. A two-copy employment contract signed by both parties. (It was suspended for all employees by Decree No. 34/2021).
16. The mechanism of applying for (obtaining employment from temporary passport holders)
17. The validity period of the bank authorization must not exceed one year, the public power of attorney is ratified every five years, and the private power of attorney is certified annually by the competent court, and a copy of the personal identity of the owner is attached. The work or its representative.
18. The approved application (use, change of sponsor, renewal) is filled, and all required documents are attached.
19. The application and documents are checked by the competent employee, entered into the expatriate labor system, collected the prescribed fees through electronic payment, and issued a work permit, printed and delivered to the worker directly.
20. Conditions of the Commissioner or Principal

Any recruitment, employment, change of employer or renewal of a work permit transaction shall be conducted by the following persons:

1. Employer personally.
2. A non-Jordanian client in a private judicial agency must have a valid work permit and his power of attorney must not conflict with his work permit, with the exception of (clients who are children of Jordanian women who hold an identification card issued by the Civil Status).
3. The person authorized in the commercial register of the establishment must be a Jordanian national and hold the national number, and in the event that he is a non-Jordanian national, he must be the owner of the facility, a partner in it, or a child of Jordanian women who hold an identification card, or he must have a work permit duly and in a manner that does not conflict with his authorization in the commercial register.
4. The authorization must be certified by the bank for a period not exceeding one year, and that the (commissioner) is a Jordanian national and holds the national number, or one of the children of Jordanian women who hold an identification card, or that he holds a valid work permit in a profession that does not conflict with his authorization, and that the commissioner is subject to social security with the same employer, or to one of the establishments owned by the same owner. Work or partner therein, keeping a copy of his identity after checking it.
5. In the buildings sector, the presence of the employer, his wife, one of his children, a Jordanian commissioner, or children of Jordanian women holding an identification card, under a license certified by the bank for the authenticity of the signature not exceeding one year.
6. For domestic workers, representatives of recruitment agencies rely on the authenticity of the signature to complete the transactions after obtaining authorization from the employer certified by the bank, the owner of the house or any member of his family according to the family book, any child of any of the parents, or any person authorized by the employer under authorization approved by the bank on the validity of the signature.
7. Lawyers authorized by authorization approved by the Bank, without requiring their participation in the social security of operating foreign companies, operating foreign companies (regional offices) and branches of foreign associations registered in the Register of Associations.
8. Lawyers who have private power of attorney, provided that they pay a demonstration fee, provided that the lawyer is not a representative of more than (5) establishments.
9. The (commissioner) may not be authorized for more than one employer in all economic sectors and activities, with the exception of the authorized under a general judicial power of attorney, and lawyers who have judicial powers of attorney certified before the notary public, and indicating their power of attorney to review the Ministry of Labor, provided that the lawyer is not a representative of more than (5) establishments, while allowing the commissioner to be authorized under a special judicial power of attorney for more than one employer if he is authorized between his ascendants or branches.
10. Embassies, diplomatic missions and international and regional organizations residing in the Kingdom included in the list approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs, an official letter of authorization from the mission, embassy or organization signed by the ambassador or his authorized representative or signed by the head of the mission or organization shall be submitted in the name of the commissioner, regardless of his nationality, and the commissioner shall be excluded from the requirement to participate in social security.
11. A commissioner over sixty years of age is not required to participate in social security.
12. Security clearance requirement

Security clearance is required in the following cases:

1. Tourist facilities (hotels, tourist restaurants, nightclub, nightclub, disco, bar).
2. Offices engaged in the recruitment of non-Jordanians working in domestic workers.
3. Establishments with more than (30) non-Jordanian workers.
4. Lawyers with power of attorney for employers or bank authorization are excluded from presenting security clearance.
5. Required Guarantee Value
6. The employer shall submit a judicial or bank guarantee for workers of unrestricted nationalities as follows:
   • (500) dinars for (3-10) workers.
   • (1,000) dinars for (11-20 ) workers.
   • (2,500) dinars for (21-50 ) workers.
   • (5,000) dinars for (51-100 ) workers.
   • (10,000) dinars for (101-200 ) workers.
   • (15,000) JOD for (201-300 ) workers.
   • (20,000) JOD in the case of (more than 300) workers.
7. Ministries, departments, public universities, public institutions, the Greater Amman Municipality, municipalities, regional offices, embassies, diplomatic bodies and international organizations are excluded from providing sponsorships.
8. Fees, Additional Charges and Fines
9. Holders of valid temporary Jordanian passports and holders of permanent residence in the Kingdom (holders of a Gaza Strip card issued by the Ministry of Interior) are exempted from the following:
   • Work permit fees and additional amounts.
   • Import stamp duty.
   • Retroactive effect of disbursement of social security benefits.
10. An amount of (10) dinars is collected only for each worker instead of the application audit service, regardless of the number of work permits not issued to the worker (not covered by the retroactive effect).
11. The exemption applies to all occupations (permitted occupations, conditionally permitted professions, restricted professions, professions of workers with specialized skills).