I would like to do a followup on a post back in December regarding the OX visa from Australia.
There was a lot of discussions and debate on how it works and in the end there was no final answers.
The member who put the post up decided not to go ahead with pursing it and went for the OA instead, my husband and I decided to try.
We applied for it at the Thai Consulate in Sydney.
We were approved within 2 days and received our passports back with the stamp on it OX. We were so excited we got it.
We arrived back in Phuket last Friday afternoon from Sydney, we got to immigration the staff member serving us took one look at the visa looked at us puzzled ask other staff member he hadn’t seen it before either we explained it’s for 5 years plus. She took it to the head immigration officer they both returned I was starting to get worried.
He said no problems told her what dates to put in. We are stamped in for 5 years, they did my husbands passport and said welcome back enjoy your time here.
We are going to immigration in the next couple of days to get the residency paperwork and ask about 90 days reporting and do we have to leave the Kingdom during the 5 years. Will keep you updates.
Sorry about the length of this post
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user shares their successful experience obtaining the OX visa, a long-term visa for expats, highlighting the fast approval process in Australia and initial encounters with immigration in Thailand. They received a 5-year stamp and learned that the visa allows unlimited entries with only 90-day reporting requirements. The post includes community responses congratulating the user and inquiring about annual reporting and adherence to financial and insurance requirements.
