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Yemen ministry center says viral claim on Saudi work visas is misleading
Yemen’s Media Verification Center says social media claims about Saudi work visas are misleading.
The claims said Saudi Arabia was issuing visas for Yemeni women to work as domestic workers.
The center says the claims distorted a Musaned notice about Yemeni women already living in Saudi Arabia.
It said the notice allowed applications to regularize the residency status of women described as domestic caregivers, not to recruit workers from Yemen.
The term refers to mothers caring for their own children at home, rather than working for another family.
The center accused Houthi-linked accounts of spreading the claims to divert attention from events in Yemen’s Taiz governorate.
It urged people to check information before sharing it.
Yemen’s Media Verification Center said claims that Saudi Arabia was issuing visas for Yemeni women to work as domestic workers were misleading.
The center said a notice on the Musanid platform concerned regularizing the residency of Yemeni women already in Saudi Arabia, not recruiting workers from Yemen.
It said the notice referred to “Domestic Caregivers,” describing women who live with their husbands and children and care for their own children at home.
The center accused accounts linked to the Houthis of distorting the notice to stir public opinion.
It said the claims were intended to divert attention from events in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate.
- Who
- Yemen’s Media Verification Center and social media accounts it linked to the Houthis.
- What
- The center said claims that Saudi Arabia was recruiting Yemeni domestic workers were misleading.
- When
- The article was published on October 24, 2026. The date of the claims is not stated.
- Where
- The notice was on the Musanid platform and concerned Yemeni residents in Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- The center said the notice was about regularizing residency, and accused Houthi-linked accounts of distorting it to stir public opinion and divert attention from Taiz.
Yemen’s Media Verification Center
Houthi-linked social media accounts
Meaning of the notice
Yemen’s Media Verification Center
It concerned regularizing the residency of Yemeni women already in Saudi Arabia, not recruiting domestic workers from Yemen.
Houthi-linked social media accounts
They circulated claims that Saudi Arabia had allowed the recruitment of Yemeni domestic workers.
Purpose of the claims
Yemen’s Media Verification Center
The center accused the accounts of stirring public opinion and diverting attention from events in Taiz.
Houthi-linked social media accounts
Not stated.
Claims circulated that Saudi Arabia had allowed visas for Yemeni women to work as domestic workers.
The Musanid platform announcement described an opportunity for Yemeni caregivers to regularize their residency in Saudi Arabia.
Okaz reported the Media Verification Center’s response to the claims.
- Outlet
- Okaz
- Published
- October 24, 2026
- Platform
- Musanid
- Term in the notice
- Domestic Caregivers
- Location named by the center
- Taiz Governorate
What people are saying
The circulating claims are misleading and taken out of their true context
the purpose of allowing applications for Yemeni caregivers is to regularize their illegal residency in the Kingdom, and not to open the door for the recruitment of domestic workers from Yemen
the term "Domestic Caregiver" refers to a woman who resides with her husband and children in the Kingdom and takes care of her children in her home, rather than working for another family
urging social media users to verify the accuracy of information before reposting it