Jordan: Information on the procedure for renewing or re-issuing a Jordanian passport, on whether there have been changes to this procedure, and on whether the passport must be sent back to Jordan if the person is in Canada
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JOR19327.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Jordan: Information on the procedure for renewing or re-issuing a Jordanian passport, on whether there have been changes to this procedure, and on whether the passport must be sent back to Jordan if the person is in Canada, 1 January 1995, JOR19327.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6a64.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For basic information on 5-year or 2-year Jordanian passports, please refer to Response to Information Request JOR17518.E of 31 May 1994, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres, and to the attachment.
In telephone interviews with an official of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Jordan in Ottawa on 17 and 18 January 1995, the official provided the following general information on the renewal and re-issue of Jordanian passports. Jordanian passports are renewed because they have expired or the personal details of the bearers have changed. New passports are re-issued because the originals have been lost, damaged or burnt. The procedure for renewing or re-issuing these passports has not changed since May 1994, when the DIRB last contacted the embassy. The decision to approve or reject a passport application is at the discretion of the passport official. The Ottawa embassy official would not indicate the conditions or criteria for approving or rejecting applications.
With regard to passport renewal and re-issue, applicants within Jordan must forward completed application forms to the Passport Division of the Ministry of Interior, in Amman, Jordan. For applicants outside Jordan, completed application forms must be forwarded to the nearest Jordanian embassy. Jordanian passport holders in Canada must then forward their completed application forms to the embassy in Ottawa for the necessary action. There is no standard waiting period required for approvals. The waiting period depends on the "urgency" of the need for a renewed or re-issued passport and also on the applicant's contacts at the Passport Division in Amman.
Jordanian authorities give special attention to 2-year Jordanian passport applications, but the official did not elaborate. Renewal or re-issue of these particular passports involves detailed checks on the applicants by the appropriate authorities in Amman, Jordan. The official would not indicate the specific authorities responsible for performing the checks on applications, nor elaborate on the nature of the checks. Also, the official was unable to provide further information on the effects of the recent peace agreement between Jordan and Israel on 2-year passport transactions.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Embassy of the Kingdom of Jordan, Ottawa. 17 and 18 January 1995. Telephone interview with official.
Attachment
Embassy of Canada, Damascus, Syria. 24 March 1994. "Reports Prepared by an Immigration Program Officer (IPO), Joseph Zakhour, at the Canadian Embassy in Damascus Concerning Jordanian, Lebanese and Iranian Documents." Letter sent on 6 June 1994 to the DIRB by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa.
Additional Sources Consulted
Oral sources.