Prince Harry’s visa records set to be made public this week

A redacted version of Prince Harry’s United States visa application is set to be made public this week.

Judge Carl Nichols has ordered the release of the documents as part of a Freedom of Information claim brought by think tank Heritage Foundation.

It’s understood the US Department of Homeland Security has been ordered to release the redacted versions of these documents by no later than March 18, 2025.

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It is understood the Heritage Foundation wants to check the royal’s drug use claims on the documents after his drug use admissions in his memoir Spare.

The group questions Harry’s eligibility to enter the US in 2020 after his admission to the book.

They claim Harry lied on his visa application regarding his drug use to gain entry to the country.

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The ruling comes after the Department of Homeland Security approved the documents’ redactions, deeming them “appropriate”.

Three redacted documents have been approved for release while a fourth will reportedly remain private.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved from the UK to the US in 2020 and now reside in Montecito California with their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.

Spare was released in 2023 and became an instant bestseller.

In the book, Harry spoke about the recreational use of cocaine, magic mushrooms, marijuana, and psychedelics, the latter as part of his therapy.

US immigration laws state any foreigner “determined to be a drug abuser” is classed as “inadmissible”.

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Heritage Foundation has speculated Harry lied on his visa application when answering a question about drug use, which could warrant his deportation.

They also speculate the royal received a special waiver from former US President Joe Biden over his drug use and visa application.

Judge Carl Nichols ruled in 2024 that Prince Harry’s visa application would remain sealed as “the public does not have a strong interest in disclosure of the Duke’s immigration records”.

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“Like any foreign national, the duke has a legitimate privacy interest in his immigration status,” he said in his ruling.

“And the duke’s public statements about his travel and drug use did not disclose, and therefore did not eliminate his interest in keeping private, specific information regarding his immigration status, applications, or other materials.”

The Heritage Foundation continued to pursue the matter, receiving this latest ruling in their favour.

A lawyer for the Department of Home Security agreed in February to release redacted versions of the documents.

Department lawyer John Bardo wrote in a court filing: “Specifically, Defendant would propose redacting all information in these items that would reveal information that the Court has determined Defendant can withhold.”

President Donald Trump has ruled out deporting Prince Harry from the US, telling the New York Post he’ll “leave him alone”.

“I won’t deport him. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible,” Trump said.

The Heritage Foundation is a conservative group formed in Washington DC in 1973.

Nile Gardiner, the head of the Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Centre for Freedom, has previously said: “We believe the American people have a right to know whether Prince Harry was truthful on his application.”

Heritage Foundation attorney Samuel Dewey said: “If he lied, that gets you deported.”

He added: “People are routinely deported for lying on immigration forms.”

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