VisaJordanian families in Canada need a national number before a child’s first passport
Ottawa’s current service page and older postal instructions describe different payment and submission arrangements that parents should resolve first.
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Start with the child’s civil registration record
Jordanian families in Canada seeking a newborn’s first permanent Jordanian passport need a national number first. Ottawa’s current service requires the parents’ own family book before that process. This guide does not determine a child’s citizenship from Canadian birth alone.
The current page requests the original authenticated birth certificate, copies of both parents’ passports and the family book or civil-status marriage certificate. It also requests the child’s foreign passport if available and relevant Palestinian or bridge-status records where held. A divorced mother applying must provide the specified authority from the father or an appropriate guardianship instrument. Check that requirement before attending if parental authority is not straightforward.
Compare the current appointment procedure with the older postal sheet
The current service page directs parents to the consular portal, select the newborn national-number service under other services and book an embassy appointment. It says the number application itself has no fee, with CAD 17.50 payable for birth-certificate legalisation. It describes notification after one or two working days, followed by access to the child’s first-passport option. Treat that as a published service description, not a guaranteed total including authentication and appointments.
The older embassy PDF instead describes a postal file, a signed transaction request and national-number declaration, an original certificate naming both parents, parental passport copies, the child’s Canadian passport, a current family book and a prepaid return envelope. It asks for a typed Arabic translation matching the original layout, signed with a declaration of accuracy. Its CAD 21 total combines CAD 3.50 for the request and CAD 17.50 for legalisation. The current page’s no-fee number application and portal payment differ from that older arrangement. Ask Ottawa which route and charge now apply before sending a cheque or original documents.
Check the Canadian authentication authority for the birth certificate
Canadian government guidance explains that the competent authentication authority depends on where a document was issued or notarised. Documents from Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec or Saskatchewan generally go to the relevant provincial authority; Global Affairs Canada handles federal documents and documents from the other listed provinces and territories. Do not send every provincial birth certificate to Ottawa merely because the Jordanian embassy is there.
Canada’s embassy in Amman states that Jordan is not party to the Apostille Convention. A Canadian apostille therefore should not automatically be treated as removing Jordanian legalisation requirements. Its guidance describes authentication by the competent Canadian authority followed, where required, by the destination country’s representative. Compare that with Ottawa’s instructions requiring a birth certificate authenticated before embassy legalisation, and ask whether the particular provincial apostille is the accepted preceding step. The national Canadian tips page says Global Affairs Canada’s Ottawa authentication service itself has no fee; provincial, delivery and Jordanian charges are separate.
Apply for the passport after the national number exists
The first-permanent-passport PDF requires the applicant or family head’s smart civil-status card and the recipient’s existing national number. It directs the user to create or use a Civil Status and Passports Department account, upload a recent front-facing colour photograph on white, two inches square, and retain the application number. The family head can submit for relatives.
The sheet describes an SMS status notification within two weeks, then postal or booked-attendance arrangements after approval, with a signed transaction request and prepaid envelope for post. It lists CAD 108.50 for under-sixteens and CAD 196 for adults, by certified cheque, money order or bank draft to the Embassy of Jordan; cash and personal cheques are excluded. Confirm whether these passport payment instructions remain applicable alongside newer electronic consular payments. No completed-passport delivery promise was verified.
Resolve the payment question with the consular section
Ottawa’s contact page lists +1 613 238 8090 and 100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 701, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6G8. It publishes consular hours of 9am to 3.30pm. Use the consular channel to ask about the certificate’s authentication, parental authority, which national-number procedure is accepted and how the separate passport charge is collected.
For an illustrative family whose child has a Canadian birth certificate but no Jordanian national number, the next decision is the registration and legalisation sequence, followed by the passport application. Paying a passport tariff before resolving the missing civil record does not establish that the first-passport stage can proceed. Keep the two application references and their payments distinct. No embassy enquiry, citizenship decision or individual reviewer verification was obtained.
