ian-mstm

The first one, yes!

Ian

Noorah101

Yes, the first option.

Rene

Mangaboy84

having one last read before i post tomorrow, got the IRS transcripts.

always struggled to answer this type of question is it United Kingdom or Great Britain or England for the questions like country of citizenship and county of birth on the other forms?

so far i've got Great Britain, Uk for Citizenship and England, UK for Birth?

Just having last minute doubts i got it right then im thinking what did i tell the guy at SS office too lol

Noorah101

Any of the above would be fine.

Rene

ian-mstm

It doesn't matter... all are equally correct.


SSA certainly isn't going to care!

Ian

Mangaboy84

thanks, off to the post office then today

Pulaski

I doubt that any branch of the US government cares, and certainly most Americans I have ever met, are unaware that neither "England" nor "Great Britain" are actually countries - and certainly not for the purposes of nationality and issuing passports.

If you are British (or for that matter if you think of yourself as Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish) the country issuing your passport is "the united kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" (which is what it says on the cover of British passports), and is commonly shortened to "the United Kingdom".

Therefore the answer to both your questions is the "United Kingdom" or "UK".

Mangaboy84

i have the same problem when someone asks where are you from, its annoying us Brits having 3 different country's to choose from and that its easier to just say near London lol.

Never thought as myself as English, just British but then i wouldn't put down UK because thats British & N.Irish

Anyway all done, posted and hopefully arrive in Chicago in the morning hopefully if the snow doesnt hit hard over the weekend. Hopefully not a big queue in front of my package

Pulaski

I tell people I am British, if they ask which country I usally say "England", but the country of birth is the United Kingdom, and yes, that includes Northern Ireland!

It certainly gets confusing, in part because there is no adjective derived from "the UK". Explaining it Americans is fairly easy though because "the UK is to the US as British is to American."

ian-mstm

I was born in Scotland. I don't consider myself as born in the UK... and what the UK government thinks is irrelevant to me in that respect.

Ian

Pulaski

Though in fact you were. I knew you'd say that, but your/ a British passport says the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the cover, Britain's membership of the UN is under the name "United Kingdom" too.

What you or anyone else thinks about the name of the country and whether they consider themselves to be British, English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Cornish, Yorkshire or they associate themselves with any other component of the United Kingdom, has no bearing on the name of the United Kingdom.

dj6372

My mother is Scottish, my father English, I was born in Germany.

I spent the first 16 years of my life living overseas.

I support England and Scotland in rugby, until they play each other then I support England.

I now live in the USA where I intend to become a citizen.

I consider myself a Brit, but obviously lean towards the English side, oh life is so confusing sometimes!!

tom169

I'm British to an American enquirer, Yorkshire to an English person, England to anyone else.

Legally always UK.

Pulaski

dj6372

I'm assuming you class yourself as Yarkshire, even though you have been tainted by Glaaarster!