She's legible to renew her work visa and we meet the Financial Requirements to pass the dependent visa application. It's just whether we have to switch to dependent visa by law or whether we can just continue on the working visa. From reading around since the changes in April 2012 to dependent visa if she changes she loses her 3 years already accrued for indefinate leave as it is a change in visa and has to start her 5 years again for indefinite leave, which seems a little mean.