If you have master's degree from the US universities, you can file H-1B under master quota. If you can find a job in other fields, go for it. Then, we can transfer H-1B later once the fight is over. Do not trust the FPGEC certificate process which requires TOEFL iBT.
Don't ruin your future careers. Check the articles related to pharmacist shortage carefully. You will know the answer why I said this.
Many candidates passed TOEFL iBT -Speaking because they overheard the speaking questions or even saw the questions from the test takers who sat in the front seat. It is not a fair test. A majority of test takers failed because bad testing environments. How can you expect we as human beings to concentrate and talk in unfamiliar topics in noisy environments and stare at the computer screen which we can see glare causing from the light outside the window or using blinking computer screen from the dinosaur age?
The sampling processes mentioned by NABP using panelists to judge the performance of test takers are questionable. The argument lies on the process that was done by ETS. How can you honor the research done by the producer of the test? Also, test raters are different groups. How can you conclude that that is fair and reliable?
I challenge NABP or any state boards to call test takers who failed and passed to randomly testify who can communicate and who cannot. Panelists mentioned that only those who received a score of 26 which is equal to a 50 on the TSE can communicate effectively. How can you be sure that your assumption is correct without testifying it yourself? Or why don’t you let patients decide whether they understand those who failed or passed. However, if you select patients who do not understand English, that would be another issue to discuss further whether it is appropriate to put TOEFL iBT as a requirement in FPGEC process.
NABP and state boards do not have time to test candidates’ speaking abilities themselves because they have lots of work to do in licensing process. So what? Let ETS do it. It is easy but the result is bad. Let me put the words in Wikipedia to make sure that I am not exaggerating.
ETS criticism
ETS has been criticized for being a “highly competitive business operation that is as much multinational monopoly as nonprofit institution”. [7]
Due to its legal status as non-profit organization, ETS is exempt from paying federal income tax. Furthermore, it does not need to report financial information to the Securities and Exchange Commission. [8]
In response to growing criticism of its monopolistic power, New York state passed the Educational Testing Act, a disclosure law which required ETS to make available certain test questions and graded answer sheets to students. [9]
Source:
Educational Testing Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oh well, let Americans suffer from not having enough pharmacists. Let media keep boardcasting the suffering of not having enough pharmacists. Actually, there are several International Pharmacists in the country but they cannot practice as pharmacists because they cannot pass the Speaking requirement that was set that 85% of candidates failed. Those pharmacists are working in other careers. This is called, "Untapped resource." It is a waste of human resouces and a waste of asset of the world, not only in the USA. Please think outside the box, as human beings of the same world and same Era. We are in an Era of Globalization.
Shortages of pharmacists are real in every corner of the world. Do your research, and then, you will find that you are worth more than, "so-callled the value" judged by ETS and NABP.
Two-thirds of FPGEC candidates who passed FPGEE cannot receive their licenses within one year.