Jordanian passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no appointment at the Embassy of India in Amman, no courier, no passport handed over. Approval typically arrives by email in 24 to 72 hours.
90 days
Maximum stay per visit
24–72 hrs
Typical processing time
Up to 5 years
Longest validity offered
Not eligible
Visa on Arrival
100% online
No embassy visit
Overview
Jordan's relationship with India runs largely through two channels: a substantial trade in potash, phosphates and fertilisers that has made India one of Jordan's most important export markets, and a growing flow of students and professionals. Amman has nonstop service to Delhi with Royal Jordanian, and Gulf connections cover everything else.
Every Jordanian citizen needs a visa granted before departure. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival. For tourism, business and medical travel the eVisa handles it entirely online: an electronic authorisation issued by the Government of India, linked to your passport number, with no stamp and no consular appointment.
Jordanian passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. For the fertiliser and minerals trade, where trips to Indian ports and processing plants are repetitive, the multi-year business eVisa is the sensible instrument.
At a glance
Eligibility
Yes. India extends visa-free entry only to Nepal and Bhutan, and Visa on Arrival only to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Jordanian citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and Royal Jordanian or your carrier will verify it at the gate in Amman.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs, supplier visits, plant inspections and contract negotiation require the business eVisa — the relevant category for the minerals and fertiliser trade. Treatment at an Indian hospital requires the medical eVisa. Employment, journalism, academic research and long-term study are outside the eVisa scheme and need a regular visa from the embassy in Amman.
Residents of Jordan who are not Jordanian citizens apply on the nationality of their passport, with that country's fees, entitlements and stay limits.
Stay & validity
Jordanian citizens are permitted up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows double entry, with its 30 days counted from your arrival date. The one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry, and their validity begins on the date the Indian government grants the application rather than the date you land.
The business eVisa allows up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window — double the tourist allowance, and the right instrument for extended commercial engagements at Indian ports and processing facilities.
The eVisa is bound to a single passport number, so a Jordanian passport renewal during a multi-year visa's term invalidates it, with no transfer process.
The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India, and it is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports. The medical eVisa gives 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Pricing
Live government fees and service charges for Jordanian passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Jordan
Requirements
Everything Jordanian passport holders need before starting an application. The first five items apply to every applicant; the rest are specific to your nationality or visa type.
Passport bio-data page — a clear colour scan or photo showing your photograph, full name, date of birth, passport number and expiry date
Recent passport-style photograph — square format, plain white background, full face visible, no shadows and no headwear other than for religious reasons
A valid credit or debit card to pay the government fee and service charge
Your return or onward ticket details, or at minimum your intended departure date
The address where you will be staying for your first night in India
Simple process
Four steps, entirely online, with our team checking every field before anything reaches the Indian authorities.
Enter your passport details exactly as printed, choose your visa type and duration, and upload your photo and passport data page.
Our team checks your photo dimensions, passport scan clarity, name spelling and date formats before anything is submitted.
Your application goes to the Government of India on your behalf, and we keep you posted at every status change.
Print it or keep it on your phone, and we explain exactly how to present it at your port of entry in India.
Standard processing takes 48 to 72 hours and express handling 24 to 48 hours. Both are business-day estimates, and Indian public holidays — numerous and often state-specific — extend them. Gujarat's regional holidays around Diwali affect the ports and chemical belt that much of this trade runs through.
Apply at least a week before departure. Note the weekend mismatch: the Jordanian weekend is Friday and Saturday while India's is Saturday and Sunday, so only Sunday to Thursday are full working days in both countries. A Thursday application loses more time than you might expect.
Separate from your eVisa, every foreign national entering India must complete the digital e-Arrival Card before boarding. It replaces the old paper disembarkation form and is required on every single visit, whatever visa you hold.
Getting there
Amman has nonstop service to Delhi with Royal Jordanian, and Delhi is a designated eVisa port. Gulf connections through Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi reach a much wider set of Indian cities and are often better value.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for the classic circuits. It also coincides with the more comfortable part of the Jordanian year, and the weather contrast is less pronounced than for northern European travellers, so travel is spread reasonably evenly.
For business travel to Gujarat's ports and chemical belt, avoid May and June — Ahmedabad and the Saurashtra coast regularly exceed 43°C and outdoor plant and port work becomes genuinely difficult. November to February is far more workable, though avoid the Diwali period when Gujarat's trade closes for several days.
The monsoon from June to September brings heavy rain to the west coast and can disrupt port operations and regional flights, which matters if you are travelling for a fixed meeting. Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 2.5 to 3.5 hours ahead of Jordanian time depending on the season.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Jordan — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The most common naming problem for Jordanian applicants. Passports often carry a given name, father's name, grandfather's name and family name. All of them belong on the application, in the printed order, exactly as the Latin-character name line shows. Entering the short form used in daily life creates a mismatch that Indian immigration will pick up.
Arabic names have several valid Latin transliterations — Mohammed, Muhammad, Mohamad and Mohamed are all the same name, as are Khalid and Khaled. Your passport uses one specific form, and the eVisa must match it exactly, as must your airline ticket. Using a different spelling from an older document is a frequent cause of mismatch.
Inspecting facilities, auditing suppliers and negotiating contracts are commercial activities requiring the business eVisa — which is also more generous, at 180 days per visit against 90. There is nothing to gain from using the tourist category for the minerals and fertiliser trade.
The Jordanian weekend is Friday and Saturday; India's is Saturday and Sunday. Only Sunday to Thursday are full working days in both countries, which affects both visa processing timelines and any business meetings you are scheduling.
Jordanian citizens receive 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 180-day tourist allowance applies to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals only. The business eVisa does give Jordanian travellers 180 days per visit.
Photo rejected on technical grounds
By far the most common cause of delay. The photograph must be square, on a plain white background, with your full face visible and no shadow behind your head. Cropped selfies and phone photos taken against a cream wall are routinely bounced back.
Passport scan unreadable
Glare across the machine-readable zone, a cut-off corner, or a scan where the passport number is blurred will stall the application. Photograph the page flat, in daylight, with no flash.
Applying too close to departure
The eVisa must be granted before you fly, and airlines check it at the gate. Applications submitted the night before a flight leave no room for a document re-upload.
Conditions
These conditions are set by the Government of India and do not vary by nationality. They are worth reading before you book, because two of them — the port-of-entry rule and the restricted-areas rule — catch out a lot of otherwise well-planned trips.
Validity is measured from your date of arrival in India, not from the date you apply. You also need at least two blank pages for immigration stamps.
The India eVisa is accepted at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports. It cannot be used to cross a land border, so overland arrivals from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh or Pakistan need a different visa.
Every person travelling needs their own eVisa and their own passport, including infants and children. Children cannot be added to a parent's application.
An eVisa does not grant access to Protected Areas, Restricted Areas or Cantonment Areas. Parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Ladakh, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep require a Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit in addition to your visa.
You cannot extend an eVisa from inside India or convert it into another visa category. If your plans change, you must leave and apply again.
Diplomatic, official and service passports are not eligible for the eVisa route, and neither are international travel documents or refugee travel documents.
Consular services
The embassy in Amman is not involved in eVisa applications, which are handled entirely online — relevant given that it is the only Indian mission in Jordan. It covers what the eVisa cannot: employment, journalism, research and long-term student visas, OCI cards, and consular services for Indian nationals in Jordan.
FAQs
The questions Jordanian passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows 30 days with double entry; the one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry with a 90-day cap per visit. The business eVisa permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year window, and the medical eVisa 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Exactly as printed on the Latin-character name line of your passport, with every element in the printed order. Arabic names have several valid transliterations — Mohammed, Muhammad and Mohamed are all the same name — and only the passport form is correct for the visa. Jordanian passports often carry a given name, father's name, grandfather's name and family name, and all belong on the application.
The business eVisa. Inspecting plants and ports, auditing suppliers, attending trade events and negotiating contracts are all commercial activities the tourist eVisa does not cover. You will need an invitation letter from the Indian company on its letterhead. It also permits 180 days per visit against the tourist visa's 90, and a five-year multiple-entry version suits repetitive trade visits.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Jordanian passport holders across all available options. You can compare 30-day, one-year and five-year prices side by side, and the amount shown is the full cost including our service fee.
Yes — Royal Jordanian flies nonstop from Amman to Delhi in around five and a half hours, and Delhi is a designated eVisa airport. For other Indian cities, Gulf connections through Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi reach a much wider set of destinations and are often better value. For Gujarat's ports, fly into Ahmedabad via a Gulf hub.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Jordanian citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and Royal Jordanian or your carrier will verify it at the gate in Amman.
May and June, when Ahmedabad and the Saurashtra coast regularly exceed 43°C and outdoor plant and port work becomes genuinely difficult. Also avoid the Diwali period, when Gujarat's trade and industry close for several days, and note that the June to September monsoon can disrupt port operations. November to February is the most workable window.
No. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India. If you need longer than 90 days per visit, either split the trip across two entries on a multiple-entry visa or apply for a regular visa through the embassy in Amman before you travel. For commercial travel, the business eVisa's 180 days per visit is usually sufficient.
Your nationality is already set to Jordan. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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