Tropical rains in Phuket left the Russians without international passports - water flooded the immigration office along with all their documents.
According to Baza, among the Russians affected are clients of a language school that helps obtain student visas. Their documents went through all the procedures, visas were already in their passports. All that was left was to pick it up - but the water reached the documents before the owner.
An office in the Old City area, which serves most areas of the island, was flooded during heavy rains. The passports stored there were badly damaged. The school sent students notices about the state of emergency and is seeking official permission for the event from Thai authorities so that wet passports don't add to questions at the border.
The affected foreigners, instead of studying or relaxing at sea, are now forced to recover lost documents. All this is accompanied by new expenses, but it is not yet known who will pay for the results of the flood. The school sees its work done: the visas have been issued. The Russians are discussing what happened on social media and doubt they will be compensated for any expenses.
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