Register a Company Branch in the Free Zones
This service enables a legal person to establish a company branch in the free zones.
Who can use this service
A Jordanian legal person (a company) wishing to establish a branch in the free zones.
Prepare the following information and documents before submitting the certificate or extract request through the official service channel.
Requirements
- Prior approvals must be obtained from the Jordan Free and Development Zones Group.
- The parent company’s status must be active, its management’s term of office valid, and it must have the right to open branches.
- The fees prescribed by law must be paid.
Documents and supporting information
- For limited liability companies, the minutes of an extraordinary general assembly meeting specifying the general manager of the branch, the authorized signatories and their powers; or, for general and limited partnerships, a letter signed by all the general partners. In either case the document is filed in the parent company’s file with the Directorate of Filings and Legal and Financial Amendments at the Companies Control Department (Electronic Services), and must record the decision to open a branch in the free zones, the appointment of the authorized signatories for it, and the full extent of their powers.
- A legal power of attorney, where the application is submitted through a legal representative.
- The supporting identity documents for the legal representative, the general manager and the authorized signatories.
Steps to complete
Review the steps below to understand where each part of the certificate or extract request process is completed.
Application to establish a company branch in the free zones
E-Services Portal
- The applicant logs in to the Companies Control Department website and selects Electronic Services / Register a New Company.
Create an electronic account
E-Services Portal
- The applicant enters a valid email address and a password.
- The applicant enters their personal information.
Select the type of company to be registered
E-Services Portal
The applicant selects the company type “free zones” and specifies the form of the company (branch).
Enter the branch’s information
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters:
- • The method of managing the company (general manager).
- • The company’s duration (unlimited). Where limited duration is selected — the source sentence is incomplete.
- • The company’s head office (the free zones).
- • The company’s address: city, governorate, street or district, building number, floor, office number, other details, PO box, postal code, email, telephone, fax, mobile 1 and mobile 2.
Enter the company’s objectives
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the company’s objectives. They may search for the objective required by entering its code, its name or any part of the name in the appropriate field — for example trade, manufacture, import — and then select Add.
Specify the company that owns the branch
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters:
- Partner type (legal person — company).
- Nationality (Jordanian).
- The entity’s national number.
- Email address.
- Address.
Enter the contract and articles information
E-Services Portal
The applicant specifies the contract and articles information.
- The applicant specifies whether the company has the right to borrow, and the limits and ceiling of borrowing against the company’s capital.
- The applicant specifies whether the management has the power to mortgage the company’s assets, and the limits and ceiling of such mortgages.
Upload the attachments
E-Services Portal
The applicant may upload the attachments as the case requires.
Select the company’s incorporation minutes
E-Services Portal
- The applicant enters the information of the company’s management (the general manager) by first specifying the partner type (natural or legal person) and entering the national number where Jordanian. Where the member of the management is not Jordanian, the serial number granted to them on entry to Jordan, or their passport number, must be entered.
- The applicant specifies the member’s capacity (branch manager).
- The applicant may add members of the management body as the case requires.
Select the auditor and the authorized signatory or signatories for the company, and specify the incorporation expenses
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the auditor’s information:
- The date on which the general assembly elected the auditor.
- The auditor’s capacity (natural person or legal person / audit firm).
- The licence number.
The applicant specifies the incorporation expenses and the authorized signatory for the company and their powers.
Enter the information of the delegate authorized to use the electronic account
E-Services Portal
The applicant enters the information of the delegate authorized to use the electronic account by entering their national number and uploading proof of identity.
Save the application
E-Services Portal
The applicant selects the partners’ signature method (handwritten signature), accepts the undertaking and declaration, and then sends the application to be reviewed in the proper manner.
- Once the review of the application is complete and the approval of the Jordan Free and Development Zones Group has been obtained, the applicant receives a message asking them to disclose the beneficial owner. The application then becomes complete and awaits attendance for signature.
Fees and processing time
Service fees
Where the branch is a limited liability company, the fees are as follows:
- Registration fee: two per thousand of the value of the company’s capital, subject to a minimum registration fee of JOD 250
- Stamp duty: three per thousand of the value of the company’s capital
- Publication fee: JOD 15
- Price of the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the minutes of a general assembly meeting: JOD 10
- Filing fee: JOD 10 for each document added
- Stamp duty on the notarized power of attorney: JOD 5 for a general power of attorney and JOD 2 for a special power of attorney
Where the branch is a general or limited partnership, the fees are as follows:
- Stamp duty: three per thousand of the value of the company’s capital
- Registration fee: JOD 25
- Publication fee: JOD 10
- Price of the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Fee for filing the memorandum and articles of association: JOD 10
- Filing fee: JOD 10 for each document filed in the company’s file
- Stamp duty on the notarized power of attorney: JOD 5 for a general power of attorney and JOD 2 for a special power of attorney
Processing time
- Sixty minutes within one working day, once the application status has become complete and awaiting attendance for signature.
Additional fees, if applicable
Company registration certificate
- Once registration is complete and the company has been issued a national number, a fee of JOD 10 is charged to issue the company registration certificate.
What you receive
The company registration certificate (the company information certificate).
Additional Note
- The type of the branch company must match the type of the parent company.Ready to proceed? Use the official e-services portal to submit or continue your application.
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