> and you have to pretend like you plan to go back home at some point? (“Dual intent?”) This is backwards. Dual intent means that you do not have to "pretend";

> and you have to pretend like you plan to go back home at some point? (“Dual intent?”) This is backwards. Dual intent means that you do not have to "pretend"; having an immigrant-intent, expressed by things like applying for permanent residency (marrying a US citizen), does not invalidate an H1-B in the same way that it invalidates an O-1, TN, etc.