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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