(a)A foreigner shall be authorized to enter or leave the Kingdom provided either that he holds a valid passport or travel document issued by his country, recognized by the Government of the Kingdom and bearing an entrance or exit visa, or that he holds a travel document issued by the Government of the Kingdom on account of his residence in Jordan, without having a passport or a travel document issued by a Government.

(b)Travel documents shall be understood to include laissez-passers issued by the United Nations to its officials and international laissez-passers issued by States to Stateless persons or refugees residing in their territory. However, the validity of the latter documents shall be recognized only if they bear a visa entitling the holder to return to the issuing country. The same applies to identity cards provided for under agreements concluded with other countries.

(c)International laissez-passers shall be issued to the following categories of persons: 1. Stateless persons and persons with no established nationality; 2. Refugees recognized as such; 3. Persons with an established nationality but who cannot obtain travel documents from their own country or from their country of residence for reasons to be appreciated by the competent Jordanian authorities; 4. The wives and minor children under 16 years of age of persons in the above categories, who do not have an established nationality.

(d)The Minister may exempt the nationals of any foreign State from the requirement that they should obtain a visa or bear a passport on entering the Kingdom.

A foreigner's application for a residence permit shall satisfy all the requirements prescribed in this Law and shall be submitted to the Directorate or one of its branch offices or to the administrative authorities, provided that his passport or travel document is still valid. However, this requirement may be waived subject to the approval of the Minister.

The provisions of this Law shall not apply to:

(a)Heads of State and members of their families;

(b)Members of the foreign diplomatic and consular corps and their families accredited to the Kingdom.Members of the foreign diplomatic and consular corps not accredited to the Kingdom shall be treated on the basis of the principle of reciprocity;

(c)The crews of vessels and aircraft entering the Kingdom with maritime or aviation documents issued by their respective competent authorities, provided that the said documents shall be stamped by the border officials on their entry into or departure from the Kingdom at ports and airports. These stamps shall not entitle their holders to stay in the Kingdom for longer than their vessel calls at a port or their aircraft remains at an airport;

(d)The passengers of vessels and aircraft, respectively calling or landing at ports or airports in the Kingdom, who are authorized by the competent authorities to disembark or to stay temporarily while their vessel calls at a port or their aircraft remains at an airport, provided that the duration of their stay does not exceed one week.The captain of a vessel or aircraft shall, before departure, report to the border officials any passenger left behind and hand them his passport. Where the captain becomes aware of the matter only after departure he shall notify the said authorities of the missing passenger's identity by cable and send his travel document by the quickest possible means from the first port or airport he reaches;

(e)The nationals of States bordering the territory of the Kingdom, in respect of entry into areas bordering such States, provided that they obtain a special authorization, called a border-crossing authorization, in accordance with the provisions of agreements concluded for this purpose with those States;

(f)Persons exempted by virtue of international agreements to which the Kingdom is a party, subject to the scope of such agreements;

(g)Persons serving in the Jordanian armed forces;

(h)Persons exempted by the Minister on account of special considerations connected with international or humanitarian courtesy or of the right to political asylum or yet in application of the principle of reciprocity.

Any person entering the Kingdom in violation of Articles 4 and 5 of this Law shall be arrested without further notice and shall be brought before the administrative authority which may either order his expulsion or recommend the Minister to grant him a residence permit or yet refer him to a Justice of the Peace.On conviction by a Court, he shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of between one and six months or to a fine of between 10 and 50 dinars, or to both penalties.