Czechoslovak passport
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| Czechoslovak passport | |
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.jpg) Front cover of a Czechoslovak passport issued in 1980 | |
 Picture page of a Czechoslovak passport issued in 1980 | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  Czechoslovakia |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Czechoslovak citizenship |
The Czechoslovak passport was issued to citizens of Czechoslovakia for international travel. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the two countries have issued their own passports.
History
Czechoslovakian passport holders were required to obtain an exit visa from the authorities starting February 23rd, 1948. In the summer of 1948, the directive was temporarily suspended[1]; However, the 1949 Act No. 194 on Czechoslovakian State Citizenship[2] abruptly invalidated all passports previously issued on November 30th, 1949.
Travelling outside of the Eastern Bloc became an impossibility as Czechoslovak identity cards were only valid for travel inside the Iron Curtain and obtaining a passport through legitimate means was practically impossible. The 1965 Act No. 63 on Passports, however, liberalized requirements. Even two years prior, Czechoslovak citizens had already been given the official go-ahead to visit relatives living in the West.[3]
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- ^ "A remarkable Czechoslovak diplomatic passport and its bearer´s destiny". Passport-collector.com. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "Who is citizen? Guide to Czech citizenship in 1949 - 1968". Embassy of the Czech Republic, Tel Aviv.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Stolarik, M. Mark (2010). The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968: Forty Years Later. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 9780865167513.