Jordan Guide
Entry requirements
Visas at Aqaba
If you enter Jordan at Aqaba – which stands at the centre of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) – you are granted a free 30-day visa on arrival at Aqaba's airport, seaport or the land crossings from Israel (Eilat) or Saudi Arabia (Durra). You are then free to travel around Jordan as you like. Staying more than a month involves extending an ASEZ visa, which can be done only at the offices of ASEZA (Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority) in Aqaba itself. If you arrive in Jordan elsewhere – other than the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge – and you let the passport officials know that you intend to go directly to Aqaba, you are entitled to get a free ASEZ visa rather than a standard JD10 visa. In these cases, though, you must register at the ASEZA offices in Aqaba within 48 hours of your arrival in Jordan: if you miss this deadline, you become liable for the cost of the visa plus a fine.