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Jordan
Registrants are consistently refused, or the law bars entry.
Based on 10 reports. Score −0.66 on a scale from −1 (always refused) to +1 (always admitted), with recent reports counting most. How scoring works
What to expect
Seven of the ten reports describe refusal of entry, including both 2025 reports, one at an airport and one on a business trip.1–48–10 In several refusals officers appeared to know in advance, citing an Interpol hold or the US advance travel notice, and were apologetic while sending travelers back.2–49 Three travelers reported no problems in 2023, one of them entering by land from Israel with a visa on arrival, so accounts conflict by arrival mode and year.5–7
Written by an AI model from the reports below on September 19, 2026. The numbers link to the reports each sentence is based on. Read those before you decide.
Common questions
Can registered sex offenders enter Jordan?
It's rated Refused: Registrants are consistently refused, or the law bars entry. Of 2 trips reported in the last two years by people on a US registry, 0 ended in entry and 2 in refusal.
Do Jordan's border officers know about US registrants in advance?
In 4 reports, officers appeared to know before the traveler arrived, which usually points to a US advance notification (often called Angel Watch).
How do travelers usually arrive in Jordan?
Reports on file describe 3 by air. Outcomes can differ by how travelers arrive; each report below says which.
- 1Apr 2025 (reported)
Refused entry · By air
The traveler flew to Jordan and was refused entry. They noted they were not on parole and that their passport carries the endorsement identifier.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 2Feb 2025
Refused entry
The traveler was refused entry and sent back on a business trip; officials said Interpol showed a hold/blacklist on the passport and asked the traveler to contact someone to have it removed. The traveler had filed the required advance international travel notification before departing.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand · officers appeared to be notified in advance
- 3Aug 2023 (reported)
Refused entry
A commenter described a family member's refusal at the Jordanian border, where officials were polite and apologetic and referred to a notice apparently linked to the traveler's advance travel notification, saying the traveler would be welcome once the matter was cleared up.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Secondhand · officers appeared to be notified in advance
- 4Jul 2023 (reported)
Refused entry · By air, Amman airport
A traveler flying directly from the US with a pre-issued visa was refused entry at the airport; customs officials appeared to be acting on the advance notice sent by US authorities and seemed to misread the notice date as the date of an offense. Officers said the traveler would be welcome once the matter was resolved.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Secondhand · officers appeared to be notified in advance
- 5May 2023
Admitted, no issues
The traveler visited the country in May and stayed in the capital without reporting entry problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand
- 6Apr 2023
Admitted, no issues · Over land, land border crossing from Israel
The traveler obtained a visa at the land border crossing without any problem and spent several days sightseeing. Border formalities were slow (roughly two hours on the return crossing) but presented no registry-related issues.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Firsthand · Former registrant
- 7Apr 2023
Admitted, no issues
A former registrant visited Jordan in April with no entry problems.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Firsthand · Former registrant
- 8Feb 2023 (reported)
Refused entry
A registrant traveling with a spouse was turned away from Jordan and sent back, after which they were questioned in US secondary inspection on return.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Secondhand
- 9Jan 2023
Refused entry · By air, Jordan (arrived on a nonstop flight from Washington, DC)
A traveler's spouse, a current registrant who had filed the 21-day advance notice, was refused entry on arrival in Jordan. Officers, with limited English, referred to an Interpol "black list," made several phone calls, and apologized before sending the couple back; a senior officer said the only issue was that the notice date was very recent and invited them to return once it was cleared up. The couple had to fly home.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · archived copy · Forum post · Secondhand · officers appeared to be notified in advance
- 102023
Refused entry
Another registrant was reported to have been refused entry to Jordan shortly after the poster's own April visit.
ACSOL (Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws) · Forum post · Secondhand