Most Jordanian citizens who become permanent residents come through family or protection: in the admissions data of IRCC, Canada's immigration department, family sponsorship, mostly of spouses, and refugee protection granted after a claim in Canada together make up more than half each recent year. In a spouse sponsorship, a partner who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident signs a commitment to support you. Among work routes, the same data put nomination by a province first: under the Provincial Nominee Program, a province picks people whose skills its economy needs. Express Entry, the online system that invites top-scoring skilled workers to apply, is another option. Global Affairs Canada notes a Jordanian-Canadian community centred in Toronto and Jordanian students in Canada.

IRCC requires both of Jordan's police certificates: a Good Conduct certificate from the General Intelligence Department and a Non-conviction certificate from a Court of First Instance; from abroad, apply for both through a Jordanian embassy. For a spouse sponsorship, IRCC's application package for Jordan also asks Jordanian passport holders and the family members on their application for a recently issued civil status certificate and copies of each passport's first pages. For Express Entry points, a degree needs a credential assessment, a report on what it equals in Canada: WES, an assessor IRCC designates, asks University of Jordan graduates to have the university send their transcript electronically.

The mistake to avoid is starting a spouse sponsorship while the Canadian partner lives in Jordan with no plan to return. Global Affairs Canada notes Canadians living and working in Jordan, but under IRCC's rules a Canadian citizen living abroad can sponsor only by showing they will live in Canada once their partner becomes a permanent resident, and a permanent resident living outside Canada cannot sponsor at all. A permanent resident partner has to move back to Canada first; a citizen partner should gather proof of the planned move before applying.