Chance for H1B Extension after Completing 6 years and staying 1 year in India in between

[avrabanerjee]

I was on L1B visa in the United States for 5 complete years.

Then on January 15th 2012, I moved back to India. Now the same year in October 2012 I got my H1B visa petition approved. But the H1 got approved with time limit till November 2013 only (1 year).

My question is if I do not go back to US until January 16th 2013 on this new H1, then I would have stayed out of US for 1 full year. When I will be applying for an H1 extension next year (in 2013) do I have the chance to get a full remaining 5 years on my H1 or do I have to come back again in November 2013 because I would have exhausted 6 years?

I will be really grateful to one and all who can offer some advise over this. Thank You.