That's not accurate. H-1B is a non-immigrant visa. It's not intended for tourists.

From CBP's own website[1], emphasis is mine:

    An immigrant visa (IV) is issued to a foreign national wishing to live permanently in the United States.

    A nonimmigrant visa (NIV) is issued to a foreign national with permanent residence outside the United States but wishes to be in the United States on a temporary basis for tourism, medical treatment, *business,  temporary work, or study*, as examples. Note: There are more than 20 different categories of nonimmigrant visa classifications.

But this seems to be in agreement with the comment you're replying to.

Tourist visas are nonimmigrant visas. So are H1B visas.

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