Issuing work permits was suspended in various labor departments as a result of ongoing operations carried out by the Ministry of Interior to adjust the entry visa formats, local media reported.

According to various report, the Public Authority for Manpower is currently working with the Interior Ministry to solve the problem as soon as possible in order to avoid stacking piles of unfinished transactions. The malfunction appeared when electronic orders to issue work permits were given and on investigating the matter, IT staff found out that MOI had changed the entry visa forms’ format, which caused a printing failure at the manpower authority. The printers in various departments of the authority did not respond to the orders, which forced officials to request Ministry of Interior to fix the problem as soon as possible.