{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-40.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 40.4","heading":"Furnishing records and information from visa files for court proceedings.","body":"Upon receipt of a request for information from a visa file or record for use in court proceedings, as contemplated in INA 222(f), the consular officer must, prior to the release of the information, submit the request together with a full report to the Department.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER E—VISAS","PART 40—REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"ca32287ac188db5e1c337000775ed6134f32a325ed67abaa3252fabe0aeda49a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-40.3","next":"us/22-cfr-40.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}