OZ visa rules could disqualify builders

CONSTRUCTION workers could soon find it difficult to secure a visa for Australia with new rules expected to favour accountants and teachers.

There is expected to be a scramble for Australian visas before a July 1 deadline when changes to a “points system” will disqualify thousands of skilled workers from securing a visa.

Visfirst.com said that construction workers may suffer because of the new system as there will be a significant tightening of eligibility requirements which may disqualify thousands of skilled Irish construction workers who would previously have been accepted for the Australian Skilled Migrant visa programme.