It may have been foolish of me, but on the g-325a I did mention that I spent 7 months in Cambodia. The fiancé and I were there traveling together, and then we both moved to Australia directly from Cambodia for one year on a work/holiday visa. Given that they seemed to want to know where we both were for the last 5 years it stuck me as necessary to include that 7 months for continuity - especially since it's evidence that we were together for that time. I included the address of the guesthouse on the g-325a where we spent most of our time, just for the sake of supplying one.
You are right though, I was absolutely a tourist and I hadn't even intended on staying that long to begin with.
I asked someone who owns a guesthouse and spends 8mo/year in Cambodia about this paperwork and he said:
"First off; no one has a certificate of residence, not even me, its incredibly difficult to acquire, and there are a ton of paperwork, hoops to jump through and plenty of cash.. As far as Cambodia are concerned you do not exist..
Now, I could reach out and try to get them to write you a letter saying you are not under investigation, nor suspected of a crime, but its going to be expensive.. and have the face value of 0 seeing as I could just as easily get them to state that you were the royal mascot.. I dont see why the states would care about you backpacking in Asia?"
So, even someone who is a relative resident of the country says these things are nearly impossible to get anyway!
