Any person whose father holds Jordanian nationality is deemed to be a Jordanian national according to the Jordanian Nationality Law of 1954 (Article 3). Also, "the children of a Jordanian man shall be Jordanian wherever they are born" (Article 9). The attached report prepared by the Canadian Embassy in Damascus on Jordanian documents indicates that "Jordanian woman married to a Non-Jordanian cannot/not [sic] include children on her passport" (24 Mar. 1994, 2). According to a representative of the Jordanian Embassy in Ottawa, the non-Jordanian husband and children of a Jordanian woman do not have right of residence in Jordan (24 Feb. 1995).

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ottawa. 24 February 1995. Telephone interview with an official.

International Services Group, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Hull. 24 March 1994. Document prepared by the Canadian Embassy in Damascus.
Jordan. 1954. Law No. 6 of 1954, on Nationality. (UNHCR REFLEG).

International Services Group, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Hull. 24 March 1994. Document prepared by the Canadian Embassy in Damascus, pp. 1-3.

Jordan. 1954. Law No. 6 of 1954, on Nationality. (UNHCR REFLEG).