We have a house in Cha am, they also call Hua Hin "Little Stockholm", because the number of Swedes, Danes and Norwegians that live in or around which makes the area interesting
We went thru all that starting 9 years ago almost to the day. Got her residency (Green Card) and still waiting on her citizenship. One big problem now is up until almost COVID you could call the USCIS on the phone and actually talk to some one, now, no way. The other, her green card never showed up and it was supposedly sign off by our mail carrier, she claims she never did. I went all the way up the ladder and finally got a hold of a shift supervisor at the company that prints them in Chesapeake, Maryland and where the card originates. He told me thousand of cards are.stolen within the post office weekly, so watch out for that.
Read your own comments about 2012 and read the comments regarding 2023. We wouldn't be having this conversation if nothing had changed. You've defeated your own argument.