Under the EU regulations MAx, you are a Secondary Beneficiary, who acquired your rights by virtue of Primary Beneficiary.
A secondary beneficiary cannot pass on rights, without the support of the Primary Beneficiary, which in this case will be an EEA national.
So for example if you were still married, you could bring in your dependant parents or children from another marriage who are under 21 or dependant on you.
However this is not the case following a divorce. You can only pass on the rights to family members of yours who had it before you divorced.
If your new partner is in the UK, then you can make a discretionary leave application in the UK, if the circumstance is of an exceptional nature, like the fact that their is a child, or for compelling reasons you cannot move to her country. This will be done on the basis of national law, outside the rules, on a discretionary or compassionate basis.
The UKBA would tell you to set up family overseas in your home country or hers.
There is an EU directive on the Right to
family reunification for people lawfully resident in the EU, but the usual culprit UK, Ireland and Denmark opted out of it, and hence it is not legally binding on them.
I really feel for your situation, but it is vital that you don't allow lawyers to charge you unnecessary fees for something that could be potentially doomed, or without them discussing the merit of your case, thoroughly after stating your compassionate circumstance.
How far is your PR away?
Remember time spent as a family member counts towards your PR qualification period, therefore forget about the fact that you were issued a new residence card
