During the passport control at the airport border guards seized a document 2-year-old kid, his family was not able to fly away on holiday, lost time, nerves and money. It turned out that the child Viciebsk police issued an invalid passport. Spouses of Vitsebsk decided to assert their right to compensation. And they succeeded.

October 13 at the request of Catherine Viciebsk police began an official probe into the incident. Also, the couple visited the reception at the city prosecutor: "He supported us and advised to go to court because the law is on our side. I took control of an official investigation. "

After 10 days, Ekaterina and Maxim received a reply from the police department. It said that "during the official investigation established that improper performance of duties by the employee's department of Citizenship and Migration Police Administration Pervomaisky district of Viciebsk." To address the issue of compensation for material damage spouses encouraged to go to court.

So they did: filed a lawsuit in the defendants called ATS Pervomaisky district of Viciebsk and in particular the Department of Citizenship and Migration. December 3 hearing.

– Representatives of the police department, police department, Department of Citizenship and Migration Department of Internal Affairs and the District OGiM Pervomaisky district of Viciebsk. We spent reported for each of the incident penny. The court found guilty department for citizenship and migration ATS Pervomaisky district. To compensate our expenses, police have not refused, the suit partially recognized. As a result, we have a court settlement agreement was signed – said Catherine.

Expenses that led this unpleasant situation, the couple was estimated at slightly more than 13 million rubles: the family was deprived of two days of accommodation and leisure facilities, incurred costs of a second trip to the airport by private car, buy new tickets, re-payment transfer from airport to hotel . Payments are they a little smaller, the court refused to compensate for the amount spent on parking at the airport, and taking into account the technical characteristics of the car, at 90 thousand reduced fuel costs for re-trip to the airport.

All the money from the Viciebsk police family should receive by the end of January 2016.

Will suffer the punishment particular officer who committed this error, decides to his superiors, he said in court, the representative of Internal Affairs of Viciebsk region.

Catherine believes the situation occurred important experience for themselves and others – and very glad that the story ended this way.

– Many people [at the forum] blame me, but now we know what to watch for the accuracy of the passport of the citizen of Belarus – it is still the duty of the competent authorities, not a citizen. All people make mistakes. But every error is the price – and it must be paid for. Yet now, with this experience, and we are going to check every letter on receipt of any document.

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