Jordan Good Standing Certificate Attestation

Keeping a Good Standing Certificate Ready for Jordan

A certificate of good standing is one of the documents U.S. companies send to Jordan most often, and not just once. It is needed when a branch is first registered, but also when product registrations are renewed with the Jordan Food and Drug Administration, when the company prequalifies for a new government tender, when a Jordanian bank reviews its files, and when an agency registration is updated. Each time, Jordan expects a recent certificate legalized by the Embassy of Jordan.

Before you order

Check your company’s record with the state first. If an annual report or franchise tax payment has been missed, the state may refuse to issue a good standing certificate or issue one showing a delinquent status, which Jordanian offices will not accept. Clear any outstanding items, then order the certificate from the state of formation, for example Delaware, not from a state where the company is merely registered to do business.

Recurring needs

Because Jordanian offices generally want certificates issued within the last few months, a certificate legalized for one filing may be too old for the next. Companies with ongoing Jordanian activity, such as regular tenders, multiple JFDA registrations or an active branch, often find it efficient to order and legalize several good standing certificates at once when a cluster of filings is due, or to plan a regular cycle with us. Keep a record of the issue date of each certificate filed in Jordan.

Combining documents

Good standing usually travels with other company records: articles of incorporation, bylaws, a board resolution and a power of attorney. The Embassy of Jordan accepts a limited number of documents per envelope and requires a spare copy of each, so larger files are split into several submissions. We organize this so the documents are legalized together and return consistently dated.

Legalization

Jordan does not take apostilles. The good standing certificate, as an official state record, skips the notary: the issuing state authenticates it, the U.S. Department of State authenticates the state certificate, and the Embassy of Jordan in Washington, D.C., legalizes it. We create the request in the Jordanian MFA’s online system and settle the embassy’s charge there. The embassy itself usually turns documents around in about five working days.