Work Permits For domestic workers

• Jordan’s labor law prohibits employing any non-Jordanian worker without obtaining a work permit from the Ministry of Labor.
• Every foreigner residing in Jordan must obtain a residence permit from the Directorate of Residence and Borders, with the exception of a limited number of nationalities, including Egyptian and Syrian nationality.
• The employer is obligated to pay the costs of issuing a residence permit and work permit for the non-Jordanian worker annually.
• The worker’s illegal entry into Jordan, his work without a valid work permit, or with an employer other than the one who issued the work permit, or leaving work before the expiry of the work permit and without an agreement with the employer exposes the worker to the procedures of his deportation to his country from the competent authorities.

• The employer shall bear all the costs of recruiting the domestic worker as determined by the Minister of Labor, and the worker may not be charged any cost for that.

• Signing a contract with the owner of the house according to the form approved by the Ministry for this purpose.
• Follow-up with the competent authorities to complete the procedures for recruiting workers.

1. Deportation of a worker with a communicable or contagious disease or a disease that does not allow the worker to carry out his work or the pregnant worker to his country within a period not exceeding seven working days from the date of issuance of the medical examination by the Ministry of Health.

• Complete the medical examination procedures for the worker within a period not exceeding three working days from his entry into the Kingdom and hand him over to the owner of the house, provided that the worker is medically fit, unless the office provides proof that the delay in issuing the medical examination is due to reasons related to the Ministry of Health.
• Submit an application for issuing the work permit and the annual residence permit for the worker and deliver them to the owner of the house within three working days from the date of issuance of the result of the medical examination of the worker.
• Securing a travel ticket at his expense for the worker who refuses to complete the duration of the employment contract with the owner of the house and wishes to return to his country.

The Office shall commit within (90) days from the date of the worker’s entry into the Kingdom or thirty days from the date of his transfer to another employer in the event  that the worker refuses to work for any reason, or does not pay wages to him, or if he leaves work to any party or if it is found by a subsequent government medical report that he is infected with a communicable or contagious disease or a disease that does not allow him to carry out his work or there is a case of pregnancy, the Office shall comply with the following:

• Return all the amounts paid by the owner of the house to him within (14) days and deduct an allowance from them for the days spent by the worker in his service.
• Replacing the worker with another worker from outside the Kingdom at the request of the owner of the house and without incurring any additional financial costs.
• Replacing the worker with another worker from within the Kingdom at the request of the owner of the house and without incurring any additional financial costs, provided that the worker’s transfer procedures are completed within thirty days from the date of handing over the worker to the owner of the house.

If the worker does not enter the Kingdom for any reason, or it is found upon entering that there is a deportation decision against him, the owner of the house has the right to recover the financial receipt and all the amounts paid to the office or replace him with another worker, provided that the worker’s visa is canceled and proof that he did not enter.

• A non-Jordanian worker may transfer without the consent of the owner of the house to any other employer within the domestic workers sector only, after more than two years have elapsed from the date of entering the Kingdom, provided that the work permit has expired.
• A worker who refuses to work for the owner of the house due to physical abuse proven by a government medical report issued by a forensic doctor at the Ministry of Health or non-payment of wages may be transferred to another homeowner.
• Non-Jordanian workers in other sectors are not allowed to move to the domestic workers sector.

Non-Jordanian workers in the Aqaba Economic Zone are not allowed to move to the domestic workers sector outside the zone.

The worker must enter the territory of the Kingdom within two months from the date of signing the contract between the owner of the house and the office, and in the event that this period is exceeded, the employer has the right to cancel the entry visa and replace it with another worker.

• The worker must leave the territory of the Kingdom if he refuses to work without any reason and wishes to return to his country.
• The worker will be deported to his country if it is found that he has a contagious disease or illness that does not allow him to do his work, or if the worker is pregnant within a period not exceeding seven working days from the date of issuance of the medical examination by the Ministry of Health.