Hai
onedruggist007
Don't lose hope.Everything will be fine.I am also like you(currently outside US).I got sponsorship from 2 companies,but i am choosing one .Since i was willing to work anywhere in US i had more choices.
Here what i did.After getting fpgee certificate, i mailed to almost all the chains in US(top 30) and i got reply from walgreens,riteaid,supervalu(albertsons) and also an agency.They asked which place you willing to work.
Since i didn't had any particular choice i gave few states and they replied to me the states where vacancies are there.
Next step was procuring deficiency letters(for those who are not in US)
which are required by chains.I also contacted california board since one chain had vacancies there.They told me that,since i am not in US, I can take the finger print by pressing the finger in particular ink which is assigned for that .Also they sent me the instructions of how to take it and the paper on which it has to be taken.
Any way i didn't go for that b'cos after giving finger print and other documents it will take 10-12 weeks to issue the deficiency letter(refer california state board website) which will be too late for me apply for H1B this year.
Finally,i tried 6 other states and got deficiency letters from all of them and applied to these chains and got sponsorship from two.
Why i am writing this long reply is, it was a long and really hard work to pass toefl ibt(appeared 5 times and passed finally by GOD'S grace) and i know many people are there in this forum who are still working hard to pass this WEIRD exam.After that again it was really hard work for me and everyone to get a sponsor.Last two months i spent lot of money and time to get these deficiency letters and spent lot of time on internet for browsing.Still problems are there ahead whether will get selected in random pick up for H1B.
So i request you don't lose hope and every one in this forum has gone through all these steps and found
successes
Wishing you best of luck