Thank you for your e-mail of 9 May, in which you ask for the publication of full updated guidance, immigration directorate instructions and SET(M) form for settlement applications under the new family Immigration Rules. Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can confirm that the Home Office holds the information that you have requested. However, after careful consideration we have decided that the information is exempt from disclosure under section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act. The information that you have requested is not currently in the public domain. Section 22 exempts us from having to provide you with this information because it is planned to make it publicly available in due course.
Arguments for and against disclosure in terms of the public interest, with the reasons for our conclusion, are set out in the attached Annex.
In the meantime, the requested information is progressing through a planned timetable of internal review prior to its public release on GOV.UK here:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk.