What finally got my wife's visa approved, after being rejected twice, was we gave them a (truthful) sob story about her needing to accompany me to the US for an operation. They gave her a tourist visa valid only for 6 months to accommodate that, and then the next year she applied for a tourist visa again and they gave her one that was valid for 10 years. That was back in 2013.

However if your plan is to use a Green Card as if it's a multiple entry tourist visa (without actualy moving to the US), that's technically fraud and could cause her to be denied entry to the US at some point.

@Cory *********

for people who meet the minimum financial requirementz, Green Card applications sometimes have a greater chance of success than if applying for a Tourist Visa because the American spouse's particulars are carefully examined when applying for a GC. When applying for a tourist visa the spouse is generally not part of the process.

@Jim *******

my (Thai) wife's visa application was rejected twice during the Obama years.

@Frank ********

it would be even easier to find if it had a name.

@Marcus ***********

we ran into an identical problem during the Obama years.

We had that problem at first. Had your wife ever applied for a tourist visa to the US before?