VISA

The citizens of Russian Federation and the states of CIS can get a visa on arrival to Jordan (on condition if the period of passport validity is not less than 6 month). The price of Jordanian visa is 10 Jordanian dinars (JOD). You can make currency exchange on your arrival, at the airport. 10 JOD are equal to 15 USD.

The exception is only for citizens of Moldova. For them the period of getting a visa in the consulate of Jordan is 2 weeks.

The children, who are in the passport of a parent, enter the country with the help of this visa (it is necessary to inform that you are going to the country with a child. The mark is done in the visa). The children who have their own foreign passport (or other document which allows going abroad) will pay a full price of a visa, but it is necessary to inform about the document the travel agency with the help of which you are going to Jordan. A free visa can be got by those who are crossing the board of the country via the special economic zone in Aqaba (via the port). A visa is valid during three months in Jordan. It is necessary to register it at a police station or at the travel agency meeting you in Jordan. The terms of staying in the country will be prolonged free of charge and a corresponding seal will be put. If you do not do these procedures you will be fined when leave the country. A fine is taken for every day of staying in the country without a visa. Exit tax is 5 JOD for every person, the payment should be done with JOD; dollars are not admitted. The tax is not taken if you spent in the country less than one day.

TIME

There is the change of summer time for winter one in Jordan. The difference between local time and Moscow time is one hour and it is the same like in Kyiv, but because of difference between the dates of changing the time in Jordan and the states of CIS, it can be two hours. The time is changed on Thursday at night in Jordan and it is changed on Saturday at night in the states of CIS. From October till March the local time leaves behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The difference is 2 hours. The rest of the year the difference between local and GMT is 3 hours.

National currency, currency exchange

National currency is Jordanian dinar. There is an abbreviated variant - JOD. The state issues hard cash worth 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 JOD and ¼ of JOD and ½ of JOD. There are 100 piasters (or 1000 fills) in 1 dinar. But you can hear the name "fills" very seldom, "qursh" is used more often (1 dinar = 100 qurshes). The majority of small shops prefer local currency. Money can be exchanged at airport, hotels, banks and particularized interchanged stations. You should not exchange privately.

You can use credit cards in big tourist centers, hotels, ticket offices and big shops.

Tourists can pay and get money with the help of credit cards in local banks connected with the appropriate credit system.

BANKS

Banks are open from Sunday till Thursday from 9.00 a.m. till 3.00 p.m. Interchanged stations are in all banks and at the most of hotels. Jordanian Central Bank sets rate of JOD to USD and other world currency every day.