A judge has hinted that he is open to the possibility of releasing some of the sealed documents from Prince Harry's US visa application. This comes at a time when there are fears of deportation threat by US President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case over whether to release documents that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry, with an influential conservative think tank seeking to reveal if he lied on his immigration paperwork about past drug use or received special treatment to enter the country.

Five months after the matter was seemingly closed, a lawsuit fighting to make Prince Harry’s private US visa records public will reopen in court on Wednesday.

The case before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols centers on the circumstances under which Harry - the Duke of Sussex and the son of King Charles III - entered the United States when he and his wife, Meghan Markle,

A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case over whether to release documents that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry, with an influential conservative think tank seeking to reveal if he lied on his immigration paperwork about past drug use or received special treatment to enter the country.

During a hearing, Judge Carl Nichols reviewed Prince Harry's sealed visa application documents, seeking a balance between transparency and privacy.