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AMMAN — The Jordanian government has permitted the customs clearance of personal vehicles belonging to non-Jordanian investors who obtained Jordanian citizenship and brought the vehicles into the Kingdom under temporary entry licenses and exemptions prior to October 4, 2026, exempting them from conformity assessment requirements to facilitate changing their customs status to local consumption.
In response to public inquiries, the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization (JSMO) explained that the decision to exempt these vehicles from conformity assessment requirements aims to protect investors who acquired Jordanian citizenship after lawfully importing their vehicles under temporary entry permits and exemptions.
The organization noted that the decision was issued by the Council of Ministers based on recommendations from the Ministry of Investment, the Customs Department, and JSMO, specifically targeting investors who had previously secured temporary entry licenses and exemptions to bring in and utilize their vehicles.
JSMO clarified that vehicles entered under temporary licenses are typically exempt from standard regulatory laws and instructions. However, once these investors fulfilled the conditions for Jordanian citizenship and were granted it, their temporary entry permits were revoked, necessitating the customs clearance and licensing of their vehicles, which consequently subjected them to Cabinet decisions and vehicle conformity assessment procedures.
The organization added that an administrative issue arose regarding these vehicles' non-compliance with cabinet resolutions—despite having entered the Kingdom legally in the first place—prompting the relevant authorities to submit recommendations for an exemption decree.
According to an official letter issued by JSMO and addressed to the Amman Chamber of Commerce on October 15, 2026, the Council of Ministers adopted the decision during its session on October 6, allowing non-Jordanian investors holding Class A investor cards who brought their vehicles into the Kingdom under temporary entry status before October 4, 2026, to alter their customs status to local consumption.
The decree stipulates that these vehicles are exempt from Cabinet Resolution No. 4307 and JSMO's Vehicle Conformity Assessment Procedures Instructions No. 5 of 2025, treating them in the same manner as vehicles whose customs declarations were processed prior to November 1, 2025, provided that clearance through the Customs Department is completed within 60 days starting from October 4, 2026.
JSMO emphasized that the exemption window is strictly limited to 60 days, urging any investor wishing to benefit from the decision to expedite the customs clearance and licensing of their vehicle before the deadline expires, while clarifying that vehicles entering the Kingdom after October 4, 2026, remain subject to cabinet regulations and JSMO conformity instructions.
The institution noted that the primary objective of the ruling is to prevent prejudice against investors who obtained Jordanian citizenship, noting that exporting their vehicles would have been difficult and mandatory had the decision not been issued, as they would have been unable to continue utilizing them domestically.
Furthermore, JSMO clarified that commercial vehicle importers are unrelated to this decision, specifying that the covered vehicles are personal automobiles previously imported and used by the investors themselves. Regarding safety standards for the exempted vehicles, the organization stated that since these vehicles entered the Kingdom previously under temporary status and have been in active use, they will be treated similarly to vehicles already present in the market prior to the issuance of the regulatory instructions.