Czechoslovak passport
After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the two countries started issuing their own passports.Czechoslovak passport holders were required to obtain an exit visa starting 23 February 1948.In the summer of 1948, the directive was temporarily suspended;[1] In autumn 1951, however, the government mandated that all passports be confiscated, necessitating them to be sent to the Ministry for State Security in Prague.This move left thousands of Czechoslovaks around the world effectively stateless as their documents were confiscated by their local embassy/consulate-general.The Czechoslovak ambassador in the Soviet Union, Bohuslav Laštovička, protested the sudden change in policy.