H1Bs can be useful when there is a (single) person you would like to hire because of individual skills or talents, and plan to pay them the same as any other em

H1Bs can be useful when there is a (single) person you would like to hire because of individual skills or talents, and plan to pay them the same as any other employee. I've had this happen to me a handful of times in my career, and the H1B program was genuinely helpful there. Unfortunately, it is more often used to save money in situations like this article, making the program less useful for more legitimate situations.