Jordanian nationality law

Jordanian Nationality Law قانون الجنسية الاردنية‎
Parliament of Jordan
Citation	No. 6 of 1954
Territorial extent	Jordan
Enacted	16 February 1954
Commenced	16 February 1954
Administered by	Ministry of Interior
Status: Amended

Jordanian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Jordan. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Jordanian Nationality Law, which came into force on 16 February 1954.

Any person born to a Jordanian father is a Jordanian national at birth, regardless of the place of birth. Jordanian nationality is not transferrable to children of Jordanian mothers unless the fathers are stateless or their nationalities are unknown. Foreigners may become Jordanian nationals by naturalization after meeting a minimum residence requirement (usually four years) and demonstrating knowledge in the Arabic language. Individuals who make a substantial financial investment in the state are eligible for a facilitated naturalization process.

Jordan was formerly administered as a British protectorate as part of a League of Nations mandate for Palestine and Transjordan and local residents were British protected persons. Jordan gained independence in 1946 but the dissolution of the mandate for Palestine in 1948 and ensuing conflict led to the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank. Following its loss of the West Bank in 1967, Jordan severed all legal and administrative ties with that region in 1988, creating a set of complex nationality circumstances for the Palestinian inhabitants of both the West Bank and Jordan proper.