Jordan naturalized 21 investors during the second quarter of 2026, according to a statistical briefing the Cabinet received on Sunday. Their investments in the kingdom exceed US$33 million, across businesses that employ 767 Jordanians.
Six more investors received residence permits over the same three months, against investment approaching JOD 2 million (approximately US$2.8 million). Prime Minister Jafar Hassan chaired the session.
Cumulative approvals under the citizenship by investment program stand at 687. The quarter’s averages run to at least US$1.5 million per naturalized investor, and roughly 36 Jordanian employees per file.
The rules behind the quarter’s files
Second-quarter files fell under the bases the Cabinet issued in July 2025, which replaced three broad categories with eight routes and set an annual ceiling of 500 investors. Those bases require a three-year holding period on qualifying assets, and a temporary three-year Jordanian passport ahead of full citizenship.
Every route also requires that investors create jobs and register them with the Social Security Corporation. Investors on the operating-business track must maintain at least 90% of their mandatory Jordanian workforce on the corporation’s monthly rolls for three consecutive years.
The government revised the framework on 15 July 2026, after the quarter closed. That revision raised the Amman Stock Exchange route to JOD 1.5 million, extended its lock-up from three years to five, and limited single-company exposure to 10%.
It cut thresholds for ventures in the governorates and made the Ministry of Investment the sole window for investor files. Launching a new business now requires paid-up capital of JOD 500,000 (approximately US$705,000) outside Amman, against JOD 700,000 inside it.
