Jordan, Syria & Israel Visas

Jordan

A Jordan visa is required by all visitors to Jordan. These can be obtained upon arrival at the airport or most land borders. Visas for UK, EU, AUS, NZ, CAN and USA passport holders are issued at Amman International Airport, where the cost is currently 20JD/USD$30/Euro 30 for single entry. If arriving to Jordan via Aqaba Seaport (the port of entry if you are crossing by ferry from Egypt) and are of the above nationalities a visa is issued free of charge. i.e. you do not need to arrange a Jordan visa in advance.

It is no longer possible to get a multiple entry visa for Jordan. If planning to leave Jordan and travel to Egypt or Israel and reenter Jordan at a later date you will need to purchase a second visa, which will be easily obtainable at the border.

On departure (via land or sea), a 8JD departure tax of is applied to all visitors.

Note: all RSA passport holders and all other passport holders must obtain their Jordanian visa prior to departure.

Indian passport holders are required to show (not pay) USD $1000 in cash to immigration officials upon arrival. Immigration officials need to see that each traveller has this amount cash available to them as funds for their stay. Entry into the country will be refused to those who fail to show sufficient funds.

•  Jordan visa information for UK residents.  

• Click here for link to the Jordanian Embassy to download Visa form & instructions

Jordan Visa Information for Australian and New Zealand residents

Please click on the embassy link below for visa form and infomation

Embassy of Jordan (for Australian and New Zealand residents)

The Embassy of Jordan

17 Cobbadah Street

O’MALLEY ACT 2606

Australia

Tel: (02) 6295 9951

http://www.jordanembassy.org.au/testing/index.php?page=visas

Jordan Visa Information for US and Canadian residents

Please click on the relevant embassy link below for visa form and infomation

Embassy of Jordan (USA)

3504 International Drive, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

Tel: (202) 966 - 2664

Fax: (202) 966 - 3110

http://www.jordanembassyus.org/new/consular/indexco.shtml

Embassy of Jordan (Canada)

100 Bronson Ave, Ste 701, Ottawa,

Tel: (613) 238-8090

Fax: (613) 232-3341

http://www.embassyofjordan.ca/

Please be advised visa requirements are subject to change. Visa procurement is solely the responsibility of the traveller and not of On The Go Tours.

Syria - once re-opened for tourism

Information for passport holders of Europe, South America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

If you are travelling into Syria on any group tour, on the go are able to arrange a Group Syrian Visa in advance to your arrival at the border/airport at a nominal cost (USD$10) paid locally. The regulations governing this visa type are very strict and passengers must be vigilant in providing all necessary and factually correct information to on the go 1 MONTH PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

Please be sure to provide on the go with the following:

• Group Visa Declaration form - available here & sent upon reservation.

• Scan/ photocopy of your passport (personal details page)

IMPORTANT: Please be advised that if you have any Israeli stamps in your passport, having arrived internationally into Tel Aviv or Eilat or through land borders with Egypt or Jordan (for example across the Allenby Bridge from Israel into Jordan), you’ll be denied entry into Syria. Please arrange a new passport in advance of sending any documentation to us.

A departure tax of 1500SYL (USD$32) is levied upon all passengers departing via Damascus airport. If departing Syria via a land border (such as returning to Jordan) a departure tax of 500SYL (USD$10) will need to be paid at the exit point and a new Jordanian tourist visa will need to be purchased upon arrival to Jordan currently 20JD (USD$30/Euro 30).

Please be advised visa requirements are subject to change. Visa procurement is solely the responsibility of the traveller and not of On The Go Tours.

Information for USA passport holders

As of May 2010, it is no longer possible for USA passport holders to enter Syria via the ‘Group Tour Visa’ scheme.

The Syrian Department of Immigration have advised that all USA passport holders should obtain a Single or Multiply Entry Tourist Visa in advance of arrival from the relevant Syrian embassy abroad.

Please contact your nearest Syrian Embassy for further information.

Israel

For those undertaking our 'Road to Jerusalem', Pyramids, Petra Promised Lands' or ‘Jerusalem & Beyond’ bolt-on.

British, South African, Australian, New Zealand, USA and Canadian citizens do not require a visa to enter Israel.

For all other nationalities please consult Israeli embassy website:

http://israel.embassyhomepage.com

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not want your passport stamped by Israeli Immigration, it is sometimes possible at land borders (not airports) for a visa card to be stamped instead. Most Middle Eastern countries do not take issue with passports containing Israeli stamps i.e. Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates or Turkey. A few do. Syria and Lebanon will refuse bearers of passports containing Israeli stamps. Should you wish for your passport NOT to contain evidence of having travelled to Israel, have your Jordanian exit and re-entry stamps, stamped upon a separate piece of paper, which Jordanian officials are willing to do. Then upon entering/departing Israel politely specify, 'NO STAMP PLEASE' and request a visa card.

The border crossing is at the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge where you will have to pay a Jordanian exit tax of approx USD$8 per person. A private transfer will pick you up from your hotel in Amman or Madaba and take you to the border crossing but you must cross over the border in a public shuttle bus which costs approx USD$3. An Israeli driver will be there to meet you on the other side of the border, for a private transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem.

Upon exiting Israel and returning to Jordan you will need to pay an Israeli exit tax, approximately $USD48 per person. You will not have to purchase another Jordanian entry visa upon arrival as your original tourist visa is still valid.

Please be advised visa requirements are subject to change. Visa procurement is the responsibility of the traveller and not of On The Go Tours.