The 482 Visa for Chinese Passport Holders in Construction: What Most People Get Wrong

This article was written by Nancy Wang Principal Solicitor and Jialin Liu Solicitor at W & G Lawyers. 

Australia’s construction sector is short of people, and Chinese-qualified tradespeople, engineers and project managers are an obvious part of the answer. But there is a persistent piece of folklore in the market: that skilled migration from China means a long, expensive skills assessment before you can even lodge.

For most construction occupations, that is simply not true — and the exceptions are not the ones people expect.

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