Jordan Digital Nomad Visa

Jordan has no digital nomad visa or remote-work residence permit. Remote workers enter on the standard visit visa, and since January 2026 the Ministry of Interior grants 90 days from the date of entry on both the e-visa and the visa on arrival. The single-entry visa costs JOD 40, and there is no income test, savings requirement or investment minimum.

The visit visa does not allow employment in Jordan, so it suits people whose income comes entirely from clients or employers abroad. Stays can be extended at a police station, but nothing about the visa builds toward residence or citizenship. The long-term routes that exist are built for investors and property buyers.

Tax exposure stays low on a single 90-day stay, since Jordan taxes income incurred in or from Jordan. US citizens still file in the US on worldwide income.

How Jordan taxes visitors and residents

Jordan treats a person who lives in the country for at least 183 days in a tax year, consecutive or not, as a tax resident. The count runs within the tax period, not over a rolling 12 months. Tax applies to income incurred in or from Jordan, regardless of where it is paid. Under Income Tax Law No. 34 of 2014, a resident's foreign income is taxed only when it originates from money or deposits from Jordan, so a single 90-day stay with foreign clients generally creates no Jordanian filing on that income. Payments from Jordanian clients and rental income from Jordanian property fall inside the tax.

Personal income tax is progressive: 5% on the first JOD 5,000, then 10%, 15% and 20% on each further JOD 5,000, 25% on income from JOD 20,000 up to JOD 1,000,000, and 30% above that. A 1% national contribution applies to taxable income above JOD 200,000. Capital gains realized inside Jordan are generally exempt, with exceptions such as depreciable assets and some share sales.

There is no income tax treaty between the United States and Jordan, so no treaty tie-breaker or relief applies to US persons.

What US citizens and green card holders still owe

US citizens and green card holders owe US tax on worldwide income wherever they live. The foreign earned income exclusion shelters up to $132,900 of foreign earned income for 2026 and is claimed on Form 2555. It covers wages and self-employment income for work performed abroad, and it does not cover dividends, interest, rental income or capital gains.

Claiming it requires a tax home in a foreign country and a pass on either the bona fide residence test or the physical presence test. The physical presence test needs 330 full days in foreign countries during any 12 consecutive months, and the days do not have to be consecutive. The bona fide residence test needs residence in a foreign country for a full tax year, which a 90-day visit stay does not support. A single quarter in Jordan therefore counts toward the 330 days but cannot meet the test alone.

The foreign tax credit on Form 1116 only matters when Jordan actually taxes the income, and income excluded under the FEIE cannot also generate a credit. A US person whose foreign financial accounts total more than $10,000 at any point in the year files FinCEN Form 114. The inflation-adjusted penalty for a non-willful violation is up to $16,536 per report for 2026. Form 8938 has separate thresholds and is filed with the return. The visa does not require a local bank account, but a Jordanian account opened for convenience counts toward both filings.