At 300k the O-1 visa should be doable. Peter Roberts, an immigration attorney for SV startups that did an AMA here a few weeks ago seems to be able to do them. Here is a blog of someone who went through the process as essentially a glorified programmer[0]<p>Either way I&#x27;d rather not keep a broken system just because it works some of the time. 80% of H-1B use the lower 2 pay tiers, so your 300k programmer is an outlier when it comes to H-1B.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dirkdekok.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;my-o1-visa-story-and-how-it-almost-killed-my-startup-mobtest&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dirkdekok.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;my-o1-visa-story-and-how-it...</a>