help my gf plan for visitor visa!

[semidevil]

So my girlfriend of S. Korea wants to come to U.S to visit me, but she is really worried that they will deny her.

We have gone through different websites, and all give either different information, or dont give us positive feelings about this.

So this is her situation:
-23 yr old female
-recently graduated University, so no longer a student
-has been to U.S as exchange student last year
-her occupation is tutoring, so she takes cash..meaning it's not like a real job that is on tax papers for proof
-she has been living in the school dorm since university, and now live w/ relatives, so she doesn't have a apartment of her own.
-financially, she is not rich.....and her folks, who do not live with her, are not rich either


my situation:
-USC
-Live w/ parents
-want to be sponsor for her IF possible.

ok, so we have been searching the internent, and found a bunch of mix answrs. Some say that since she is no longer a student, it will be harder for her to come, and some say that she needs a minimum $$ in her bank account for her to come. and blah blah blah.

Some sites say that the rate of success for B1 last year was 93%, and some say that it is hard to convince the officer to let her in.

what do I do? I dont know how we should approach this. Based on her situation, does she have a lesser advantage?

Some sites to say to buy the airplane ticket first.....round trip, to show.

anyone have any experiences on how to approach this carefully?

my gf also said that it is better to apply as soon as after you graduate....because non-students have disadvantage?

I mean, is getting the visa and entry to the U.S as hard as we make it out to be, or do we have hope?

[Murali]

So one thing is sure that getting the US tourist visa( b2) is dificult ofr young persons, reason being they are potentail immigrants.
Few points which may be useful :
1. she has to show strong ties back in her country, leading her to go back. this includes reasons/proff of genuine documents, of any interests and binding she may have back in her country. ( Difficult . many times.)

2. You being a sponsor must have to have a genuine regualr source of income, and enough profof of finance to support her visit .

So looking at these point you can assess the situation yourself.

other way could be to get a Student visa for further study.

[huskyboy04]

The only way I think it could work is if she goes back to college there, applies for another student exchange program to come over. This will be a longer but the safest way.

[semidevil]

Murali, and huskyboy, thank you for response.

I mean, right now, she is really just coming to visit me, and we have been talking about things to show that she will come back to korea, and we can think of showing,

-her parents live in korea, and showing by letter that her parents want her to move back soon
-right now, she is living in a small dorm type room, so maybe we can show she paid the rent there
-her intent to get a job after her vacation
-me writing a letter to show that we are doing "tourist" types activities.
-show her active bank account statement.
-her buying a round trip ticket

usually, are those enough evidence for strong ties? I mean, she is still young, so she really hasn't established her own business, or have her own house or anything....

also, I mean, what if she says she is just here to visit a friend, and not specifically, a boyfriend?

so even if I am not a relative, I can sponsor her? If so, I think my parents say they can do it...so that is not a problem, but just trying to make sure she can pass immigration.