L1 for some time then moved to H1; stayed in india during L1 to h1 transfer ; clock reset questions

jay050119

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Good Day!
Looking for some clarification: please help.

I Entered USA in L1B in march 2004 and stayed till 2007 July. Left the US to India, but held a valid L1B till March 2008. While in India, I got a job offer and I accepted. New employer processed a H1B (petition date is in Sep 2007) and got stamping in DEC-2007. Again arrived in the US in Oct 2008. So, I was outside of the US for 13 months and I changed my Visa status during this period I was outside of the US.

Does this make my 6 year H1B clock reset? For the new H1B, can I get full six years?

Regards,
Jay
 
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