Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has cancelled more than 7,200 visas issued to violating establishments and suspended key government services for them after uncovering thousands of labour-related breaches during nationwide inspections. The ministry said its monitoring teams and smart surveillance systems examined around 91,000 suspected cases, detecting 13,509 violations linked to invalid employment relationships. Authorities said immediate punitive measures were taken, including removing the cases from the kingdom’s “Nitaqat” Saudisation programme calculations and referring all affected individuals to the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) to help them secure legitimate employment opportunities. The ministry said inspection teams conducted around 250,000 field visits to private sector establishments during the first quarter of 2026, resulting in the detection of approximately 168,000 violations.…