Maelstorm recalled a curious incident from his career due to visa problems

Vladimir "Maelstorm" Kuzminov believes that dragging out the visa process is often practiced by embassies of different countries, which creates problems for pro players. The commentator recalled how in 2019 he was able to get to France two weeks after the end of the tournament because of a similar problem.

The corresponding opinion of the cybersportsman published in the feed of his personal Telegram channel.

"Reading the comments. You do not really understand how visas are given, and me too.

The point is not that they will not give a visa to Romania, the point is that now, and from time to time they are given for a very long time. Any visa.

In 2019 we did a visa for MDL to France. We applied with Jem in 1 day and there was a flood of people. The consulate was swamped. In the end Sana was given before the tournament, and me because of May Day only after the 9th I think, 2 weeks after.

It was the same with this int, Birmingham. And now it's even more complicated and slower. In the Russian Federation you can have 2 passports and it's good to submit 1 there and the other here at once to increase the time for visa approval, but for some reason few people do that.

I don't know how they applied there this time, but the Romanian consulate also likes to issue a couple of days before, whenever you apply, it was like that with Int.

Anyway, we are waiting."

Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorac was late to the ESL One Birmingham 2024 tournament due to visa issues, only joining the team from day two. The cyber athlete's teammate Oliver "Skiter" Lepko said that Team Falcons may face a similar problem at PGL Wallachia 2024: Season 1, causing the squad to consider replacing Malr1ne if the paperwork fails. A similar problem was also hinted at yesterday by Ivan "Pure" Moskalenko, who said that he can't say at the moment whether his team will participate in the tournament.

Earlier, streamer Jean "Gorgc" Stefanowski commented on Team Falcons' victory at the ESL One Birmingham 2024 tournament, saying that he did not expect such a result from the team.