[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 22, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 22CFR40.4] [Page 149] TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE PART 40_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 40.4 Furnishing records and information from visa files for court proceedings. 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.