Ask HN: Soon-to-be-graduate looking for some career advice

I live in India, and am about to complete a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. However, I don't have a great GPA. I do however, have a few personal projects to my credit.

I wish to eventually work in the US (hopefully in Silicon Valley) with a great job. What are my chances of getting a job in the US directly after graduating college (in a month or so) as a foreigner?

I read elsewhere that it's hard to do because unless I'm super special, not many companies are willing to sponsor a visa. If that's true, I've decided to try to apply for grad school in the US about a year from now.

In which case, how can I improve my CV? I heard that doing some relevant research can really help. India isn't really known for great research. Is it possible for me to apply for research abroad, given that my CGPA isn't very good and that I've never done research before?

What are my options at this point? I'm willing to do whatever it takes.

For grad school, fields like Distributed Computing and Human-Computer Interaction really interest me. Please tell me what I can do at this point.

Thank you.