Dude use your GI bill at Payap university in chiang mai. They’ll give you an ED visa and open a bank account for you. You’ll also collect the ~$2,000+ per month housing allowance.
I’m in the same boat. Applied on the 24th of Nov, my interview is Dec 8th. I asked them if I could move up the interview because I already had my return flight scheduled as my soft power school instructed me that it would only take a week. They said no and to adhere to the interview time I was given. I wish I hadn’t listened to the school and went to Tapei as I had originally planned. Stuck here for the rest of the week.