H1-b maxout decided to stay outside usa for 1 year!

[sumodac]

h1-b 6 year maxout in may 2019. I will move outside usa in May 2019 can i apply for h1-b cap in april 2020 for october 2020 start date. 
As i will be outside usa till oct 2020. 

[adshah84]

No if you want to file for 2021 CAP in April 2020 you have to leave USA by 31st March 2019. 

You have to be out side of USA for complete year before applying in CAP again. 

[JoeF]

You have to be outside the US for at least a year before a new H1 petition can be FILED. Date of entry is completely irrelevant.

If you leave in May 2019, a new H1 could be filed in May 2020. If the quota is full by then a new H1 petition could only be filed in April 2021.