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مجلس الوزراء يوافق على تعديل أسس منح الجنسية للمستثمرين (Cabinet approves amended bases for granting citizenship to investors)
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What the document holds
Prime Ministry (Petra) report of the Cabinet decision of 12 Sep 2021 amending the investor citizenship and residence bases: all routes and amounts (already recorded), holding periods, one month's presence for deposit investors, 3-year temporary passport, 4 months to hire, family inclusion (children to 18, sons to 30 over USD 3m), existing-project and partner rules, 500 investors a year, review every 6 months; the rest of the report concerns unrelated Cabinet business (15% price preference for national industry, an ambassador, the postal board), out of scope. Rules not yet recorded are added. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
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Citizenship by investment
Programmes (1)
Rules and prices (19)
- Existing business outside the capitalinvestor; existing project outside Amman, 10 jobsUSD 500,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Business investment outside the capitalinvestor; new project outside Amman, 10 jobsUSD 750,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Business investmentinvestor; new project in Amman, 20 jobsUSD 1,000,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Central bank deposit plus treasury bondsinvestor; plus USD 1m in treasury bondsUSD 1,000,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Investment in an existing businessinvestor; existing project in Amman, 20 jobs over 3 yearsUSD 1,000,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Investment in shares or securitiesinvestorUSD 1,500,00012 Sep 2021 – 2 Jul 2025 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Investment needed to include adult sonsinvestment above which sons up to 30 (with wives and children) are also includedUSD 3,000,000Since 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Required physical presencedeposit/bond investor: presence in Jordan before the final recommendation is signed (minimum)1 monthsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Qualifying period for citizenshipnew-project investor (compliance before citizenship)3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Period the deposit must be heldinvestor (USD 1m deposit at the Central Bank, no interest, no withdrawal)3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Averaging period for an existing businessexisting-investment route: investor's average share of fixed assets and closing stock measured over the last 3 years of audited balance sheets3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Holding period for the investmentshares/stakes route (no disposal; attachment registered)3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Holding period for the investmentpartner or first-degree relative brought into an existing company (investor's share attached)3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Time on a temporary passport before citizenshipnew-project investor (temporary passport before citizenship)3 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Time to complete the required local staffnew-project investor (to complete Jordanian staff after operation starts)4 monthsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Time government bonds must be heldinvestor (USD 1m Treasury bonds)6 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- How often the programme rules are reviewedthe bases are reviewed and evaluated once every 6 months; not retroactive6 monthsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Maximum age of a dependent childchildren included (not over 18 at application); also wife, unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters, dependent parents18 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
- Maximum approvals per yearall routes (by order of application)500 investors per yearSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Citizenship for investors
Residence by investment
Programmes (1)
Rules and prices (3)
- Property purchaseinvestor or ordinary person; one or more properties (Lands Department valuation)JOD 200,000Since 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Residence for property buyers
- Residence permit validityinvestor or ordinary person (regardless of previous residence)5 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Residence for property buyers
- Time the property must be heldproperty buyer (no sale or mortgage)5 yearsSince 12 Sep 2021 · Jordan Prime Ministry 2021Jordan · Residence for property buyers
About the document
What it covers Cabinet decision of Sunday 12 Sep 2021 (No. 3657 per jor-moin-bases-2023): all routes and amounts (deposit USD 1m for 3 years plus USD 1m treasury bonds for 6 years; shares USD 1.5m; new project USD 1m Amman / USD 750,000 elsewhere with 20/10 jobs; existing projects USD 1m / USD 500,000), family rules, 5-year residence for property worth JOD 200,000, cap of 500 investors a year, review every 6 months.
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