> Isn’t the requirement for a H1-B visa that your skills can not be "easily" replaced with a local person No, that is not the requirement. That is a common mis

> Isn’t the requirement for a H1-B visa that your skills can not be "easily" replaced with a local person No, that is not the requirement. That is a common misconception, though. What you described is the requirement for an employment based green card. For H-1B the requirement is that you have a degree and are working in a “speciality occupation” related to that degree. It is formally independent of the current state of the job market, though companies are required to at least pay the “prevailing wage” which sort of encodes some information about the job market.