Overview
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Jordan and submit them as strings on the application body.
Tax ID: Numeric; issued on registration with ISTD; appears on the Tax Registration Certificate. Separate GST certificate required if annual turnover exceeds JOD 75,000 (standard goods), JOD 30,000 (services), or JOD 10,000 (SST goods).
Registration number: Assigned at incorporation; appears on the Commercial Registration Certificate; searchable via CCD e-services portal (Arabic interface).
Sector regulators
CBJ · JSC · AMLU
Legal structures
How documents combine
For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.Documents to collect
The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Issued by CCD at incorporation; renewed annually; primary proof of legal existence.
- Constitutive Documents: Submitted to and certified by CCD; standard-form for LLCs; filed as a bundle (Memorandum + Articles).
- Tax Registration: Issued by ISTD; separate GST certificate required if annual turnover exceeds JOD 75,000 (standard goods), JOD 30,000 (services), or JOD 10,000 (SST goods). Collect both where applicable.
- Operating Permit: Issued by Greater Amman Municipality (or relevant municipality). Chamber of Commerce/Industry membership is also required.
- Sector-Specific License: CBJ for banks, payment institutions, exchange companies; JSC for brokers, fund managers, listed companies; CBJ Insurance Supervision for insurers.
- Ownership Records: CCD extract lists registered shareholders and current share allocation.
- Governance Records: LLC: manager or management committee. PSC/Pvt SC: elected board of directors. Both reflected in CCD extract.
- Signing Authority: Board resolution for corporate signatories; notarized POA for individual representatives; must be authenticated by a Jordanian notary if executed abroad (Jordan is not a Hague Apostille party — full consular legalization chain required).
- Address: Lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Accepted for both registered-address and operating-address verification.
- Good Standing: The Companies Control Department does not surface a distinct certificate of good standing in routine public guidance; active status is evidenced by the annually-renewed Commercial Registration Certificate (شهادة التسجيل التجاري) plus the CCD e-Services company-information record reflecting current registration. Request a renewal certificate or CCD search printout dated within 30 days.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
Notes
- Jordan is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Documents executed abroad must go through the full consular legalization chain (foreign notary → foreign MFA → Jordanian embassy/consulate). This materially slows onboarding of foreign-incorporated entities.
- AML statute is Law No. 20 of 2021 (Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing), in force since 16 September 2021. Citations to the older Law No. 46/2007 are stale.
- CCD e-services portal is Arabic-only for company searches; official document requests require in-person or Arabic-language online application. Integrators relying on automated registry lookups should account for translation requirements.
- Capital payment rule (April 2024): 50% of declared capital must be paid at incorporation; the balance is due within 60 days. This affects LLC formation timelines and documentary evidence of paid-up capital collected at onboarding.