Jordan Certificate of Registration Attestation

Registration Certificates in Jordanian Product and Company Files

Jordanian requests for a “certificate of registration” can mean several different U.S. documents. The Jordan Food and Drug Administration may want evidence that a manufacturing site is registered with U.S. regulators; the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization may want proof related to a product’s conformity; a registry may want a state record showing that a partnership or foreign-qualified company is registered. Each comes from a different issuer, and each reaches Embassy of Jordan legalization by a different route.

Manufacturer and site registration

JFDA generally registers foreign manufacturers and their sites before registering their products, and may ask for evidence of the site’s regulatory standing at home along with quality certificates and, for some products, inspection reports. In the U.S., FDA registers food, drug and device establishments but does not issue registration certificates itself. Certificates of FDA registration that companies hold are usually issued by private registration agents. Such a certificate is a private document: an officer of the issuing company signs it before a notary, and it then follows the notary route. Documents genuinely issued by FDA, USDA or EPA go straight to the U.S. Department of State.

State registrations

Secretaries of State issue registration certificates for limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships, and certificates of authority for companies registered to do business in a second state. These are official records: a certified copy is authenticated by the same state, then by the U.S. Department of State. For company registration in Jordan, remember that home-state documents are what the Companies Control Department normally relies on.

Consistency matters

Jordanian reviewers compare the manufacturer’s name, site address and registration numbers with every other document in the file, including the certificate of free sale, ISO certificates and product labels. Even small differences in the way an address is written can trigger questions. Check that the registration is current for the year before legalizing it.

The final step

Whichever route applies, the last stop is the Embassy of Jordan in Washington, D.C., which typically legalizes documents in about five working days. An apostille has no effect in Jordan. Tell us who issued your certificate and we will confirm the route, then file the embassy request through the Jordanian MFA platform with the extra copy the embassy keeps.