{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-51.64","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 51.64","heading":"Special validation of passports for travel to restricted areas.","body":"(a) A U.S. national may apply to the Department for a special validation of his or passport to permit its use for travel to, or use in, a restricted country or area. The application must be accompanied by evidence that the applicant falls within one of the categories in paragraph (c) of this section.\n(b) The Department may grant a special validation if it determines that the validation is in the national interest of the United States.\n(c) A special validation may be determined to be in the national interest if:\n(1) The applicant is a professional reporter or journalist, the purpose of whose trip is to obtain, and make available to the public, information about the restricted area; or\n(2) The applicant is a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross or the American Red Cross traveling pursuant to an officially-sponsored Red Cross mission; or\n(3) The applicant's trip is justified by compelling humanitarian considerations; or\n(4) The applicant's request is otherwise in the national interest.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER F—NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS","PART 51—PASSPORTS","Subpart E—Denial, Revocation, and Restriction of Passports and Cancellation of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad"],"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":"31ec57a5a2084d43fcb2be053b37a99c9d4f65543a94401bcce21da05cc19607","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-51.63","next":"us/22-cfr-51.65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}