- Azerbaijan and Jordan may abolish visa requirements for ordinary passport holders if lawmakers approve the draft law.
- The Milli Majlis committee will review the bill on September 14, 2026, with parliamentary consideration next.
- Azerbaijan’s tourism program targets visa-free access to 28 markets first, then 34 by 2030.
Azerbaijan and Jordan are moving to abolish visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports, and the first formal test lands before an Azerbaijani parliamentary committee on September 14, 2026. The change is not yet in force. The draft law is already on the agenda.
The bill concerns the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the mutual exemption from visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports. If lawmakers approve it, citizens of both countries would be able to enter each other's territory without visas. It runs both ways. Diplomatic passports are outside the proposal.
Free toolSchengen Short-Stay Visa Calculator
Fresh reports on September 11, 2026 put the file on the agenda of the Milli Majlis committee on international relations and interparliamentary ties. One item published at 11:12 said the committee would consider it on September 14. The issue first surfaced in reports on September 7, 2026. Parliamentary review in Azerbaijan is the next step.
The arrangement applies to ordinary passport holders, not diplomatic travelers alone. That keeps the exemption narrowly focused and tied to civil travel. Ordinary travel only. The bill does not open every passport category.
The reports frame the move as a practical travel measure. They link it to easier movement, tourism and business exchanges, and stronger people-to-people ties. Until the committee acts, it remains a proposal. The status is planned, not implemented.
Visa relief sits inside a broader tourism push
Azerbaijan has been widening visa facilitation in 2026 as part of a broader tourism strategy. On August 20, 2026, a tourism development program set goals of expanding visa-free access to 28 target tourism markets as an interim step and 34 countries by the end of the 2026-2030 period. The same program calls for simpler e-visas and better ASAN Visa processing. The policy push is broader.
| Date | Step | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | Tourism program approved | Visa-free access targets set at 28 and 34 |
| September 7, 2026 | Issue first surfaced | Reports began covering the agenda |
| September 11, 2026 | Fresh reports | Draft law placed on the committee agenda |
| September 14, 2026 | Committee review | The bill is scheduled for discussion |
Jordan already sits inside Azerbaijan's ASAN e-visa framework, and Azerbaijan has also been widening temporary visa-free arrangements for selected countries in 2026. The bilateral proposal follows that pattern. The list keeps growing. Travel policy is moving in one direction.
September 14 is the next checkpoint
The committee meeting on September 14 is the next checkpoint for the draft law. If it advances, parliamentary consideration in Azerbaijan continues. The schedule is fixed. September 14 is next.
One September 11 item at 11:12 said the agreement was moving toward abolishing visa requirements and that the committee would consider it on September 14. It linked the step to travel facilitation, stronger people-to-people ties, and tourism and business exchanges. The next date is already set.
