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Deposit number request


Name of the service: Deposit number request
Service Code: 1
Service structure: CoreService
Service Type: Transactional
Category of Service Recipient:
  • Individual
  • Business
Legislation Governing the Service:
  • Wetting deposit system  
Conditions for Providing the Service:
  • This service is available for the publishing houses from the business sector, whether they are companies or individual institutions
  • If the workbook was printed or published outside the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and it was for a Jordanian author it must be distributed inside the Kingdom to be given a deposit number.
  • The applicant must bring a copy of the book in the form of a manuscript on a flash or CD while submitting the application
  • The book must be printed and published in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, whether it was for a Jordanian or non-Jordanian author.
Channels Providing the Service: National Library Department building /
Where to Provide the Service: Centralized
Branches Provided for the Service:
Contact and Contact Information:
Name Phone Email Working Days Working Hours
National Library Department building 065662845 nl@nl.gov.jo Sunday Thursday 8: 00 am-3: 00pm
if Provided Spatially:
Forms Used:
  • Request a deposit number -
Main Procedures for Providing the Service:
  • Submit an application for a deposit number
  • Filling in the form of confirming the validation of the data in the application
  • Receive an official book containing the deposit number
The Standard Time Taken to Provide the Service: 30.0 Minute
if Provided Electornic:
Main Procedures for Providing the Service(Electronic):
  • Submit an application for a deposit number
  • Filling in the form of confirming the validation of the data in the application
  • Receive an official book containing the deposit number
The Standard Time Taken to Provide the Service: 30.0 Minute
Documents Required to Obtain the Service:
Document Governmental Department Document Format
Personal identification photos of the inheritances - Civil Status and Passports Department
A copy of the work - Paper - Copy applicant Paper Copy
Work permit from the Media Authority. - Paper - Copy Media Authority Paper Copy
The death certificate for the author - Paper - Copy Civil Status and Passports Department Paper Copy
Contract with a printing press or publishing house - paper - original applicant paper original
The official request signed and sealed from the publishing house Paper - Copy applicant Copy
Translation approval from the author to the translator - Paper - Copy The author Paper Copy
A picture of the family book of the minor author - Paper - Copy Civil Status and Passports Department Paper Copy
Passport for a non -Jordanian - Paper - Copy Residence and Border Department Jordanian Paper Copy
Personal identification of the parent - Paper - Copy Civil Status and Passports Department Paper Copy
Written delegation- Paper - Copy Ministry of Justice Paper Copy
Publishing house license - Paper - Copy Media Authority Paper Copy
Determination of inheritance - Paper - Copy Sharia courts Paper Copy
Written delegation from the inheritances - Paper - Copy Ministry of Justice Paper Copy
Certificate of Commissioners to sign on behalf of the publishing house - the company Ministry of Industry and Trade the company
Publishing house license - Paper - Copy Media Authority Paper Copy
Publishing House Registration Certificate- Company - Paper - Copy Ministry of Industry and Trade Company Paper Copy
Identity proof - Paper - copy Civil Status and Passports Department and external Paper copy
Personal identification of the author - Paper - Copy Civil Status and Passports Department Paper Copy
Service Output:
Service Output Form Validity of the Document
official book, official letter - Paper - Document ساري المفعول
Index card - Paper - Document سنة