Jordan visa requirements for British citizens

Check your circumstances

Read these conditions alongside the entry rule. Where official guidance does not state a condition, that is not confirmation that no condition applies.

Passport type Conditions to check

The FCDO advice covers full 'British citizen' passports. Your passport must expire at least 6 months after you arrive; a passport reported lost or stolen is refused.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Trip purpose Conditions to check

The visa on arrival is for tourism. For any other purpose, including work or study, apply for your visa online in advance.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Age Not stated in the cited guidance

No age rule for the visit visa is stated. Children who also hold a Jordanian passport need a letter signed by their father to leave Jordan without him.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Residence Not stated in the cited guidance

The FCDO page states no residence condition for buying the visit visa on arrival.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Other visas or residence permits Conditions to check

No other visa is needed. To visit Israel or Palestine and come back into Jordan, get a multiple-entry visa from the Ministry of Interior before you travel.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Carrier and arrival route Conditions to check

The visa is sold at Jordanian airports and the Sheikh Hussein crossing, not at the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge. Some airlines ask for a health declaration at check-in.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Stay and visa validity Conditions to check

The single-entry visit visa is valid for 3 months and can be extended online for up to 6 months. Staying over 30 days needs an HIV test.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

What the UK government says

You need a visa to visit Jordan. Buy a single-entry visit visa on arrival at a Jordanian airport or the Sheikh Hussein crossing; it costs 40 Jordanian dinars and is valid for 3 months. If you stay at least 3 nights as a tourist, a Jordan Pass bought online before you arrive includes the visa fee. You can extend the visit visa online for up to 6 months, and overstaying can bring a fine.

The FCDO says the rule to register with the police within 14 days does not apply to tourists. If you stay more than 30 days, you must have an HIV test for a health certificate. An Israeli stamp in your passport does not usually cause problems entering Jordan.

Official sources: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Jordan's restricted and non-restricted nationalities

Jordan's Ministry of Interior sorts nationalities into two groups. Restricted nationalities need prior approval before they travel, and their tourist visas are requested through licensed Jordanian tourism offices. Non-restricted nationalities do not need prior approval. The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are not on the restricted list.

Other visa types, such as multiple-entry, transit, work and study visas, are applied for through the Ministry's online e-services.

Official sources: Ministry of Interior, Jordan (moi.gov.jo); Ministry of Interior, Jordan (moi.gov.jo); Ministry of Interior, Jordan (moi.gov.jo).

The Jordan Pass and the visa fee

The Jordan Pass, sold by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, is not a visa. Bought online before you arrive, it waives the fee for a single-entry tourist visa when you stay a minimum number of nights, and it covers entry to more than 40 sites, including Petra, Jerash and Wadi Rum. The Ministry's own pages say two nights in some places and three nights in others, so plan at least three nights if you rely on the waiver.

Show a printed copy at the visa desk and at each site, because the code may not scan from a phone. The pass does not waive the fee for a multiple-entry visa, and it does not include Petra by Night. Buy it only from the official website.

Official sources: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan (jordanpass.jo); Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan (jordanpass.jo); UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Arriving overland

Jordan does not issue visas at the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge, so you need a visa in advance to enter there. The Ministry of Tourism says Wadi Araba, the crossing near Aqaba, gives visas on arrival only to Jordan Pass holders of non-restricted nationalities. A departure tax of 10 Jordanian dinars is charged in cash at all land border crossings.

Official sources: Government of Canada; UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan (jordanpass.jo); Smartraveller (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade).