England is "not a valid country".

Money-Saving-King

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

No, the answer is I'm English.

No you're not as we're not an independent nation. We are part of Great Britain. People in Scotland are voting for it to become an independent nation, I suggest you campaign the same for England if you truly want to have an English nationality.

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

But there is a Scottish Parliament, yet the form doesn't list "Scottish" as an option :huh:

Because they are not an independent nation as of yet!

trukdiver

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Neither is yours!

England is not an independent nation, Great Britain is.

Great Britain isn't an independant nation either. It's part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

marleyboy

Originally Posted by Bedsit Bob
No, the answer is I'm English.

What does your passport say you are?

Mine says I am a British Citizen.

MothballsWallet

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

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Can you please not to make the British look so stupid they can't even fill out an online form correctly!

Well, some of them can't:

• Use the English language properly
• Write a progress tracker website
• See the irony of hiring the Hinduja Brothers' company to run a visa call centre.

custardy

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

No, the answer is I'm ********.

Indeed,indeed.

System

As with a lot of firms they use a country list derived from the list of sovereign states recognised by the UN.
Neither Scotland, Wales, England or NI are recognised as such but the UK or GB is with a nationality of British.

The separate countries of the UK are not recognised as sovereign states because, although some of them may have their own parliament, none of them, as stand alone entities, are represented by a single centralised government. they all come under the overarching UK government

kwikbreaks

This reminds me of the early days of CB before it became legal in the UK (i.e. England Scotland Wales and N. Ireland to avoid any further confusion).

Anybody else remember "one niner for an argument"?

Monty Python did something similar too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

wealdroam

kwikbreaks wrote: »

This reminds me of the early days of CB before it became legal in the UK (i.e. England Scotland Wales and N. Ireland to avoid any further confusion).

Anybody else remember "one niner for an argument"?

Monty Python did something similar too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

Was that before Wales got their own parliament?

Charlton_King

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

No, the answer is I'm English.

And the prize for deliberate, reactionary bloody-mindedness goes to...

barmonkey

I have always considered myself to be English and not British, On the last 3 passport applications I have filled out I have put English and it was not a problem, I just got my daughters back after putting English.