What do you put when asked for nationality?

Normally speaking, people use “American” as the answer to nationality. However, all US passports show “United States of America” under Nationality.

Are you from a country if you were born there?

There are two ways of determining nationality at birth: jus solis and jus sanguinis. Jus solis means right of soil – you are a national of the country because you are born there. Jus sanguinis means right of blood – you are a national of a country because your parents are nationals of that country.

What do you call your birth country?

The place of birth (POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born. This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person. This means that the domicile of the baby’s mother is the registered place of birth.

Is where your from where you were born or raised?

In American English, it’s context-dependent. If you’re currently in the place where you live, then where you’re “from” is indeed usually where you were raised (you might have been born somewhere else). If you’re on vacation, or traveling for some reason, then where you’re “from” is where you currently live.

What does it mean when it says country you were born in?

Country of birth is the country in which a person was born. The grouping of countries within the classification is broadly regional, but takes into account the grouping of European Union (EU) countries.

How do you answer where you were born?

Should you put your residence of birth (your family home at the time) or the specific location of the hospital you were born in? In this case, you must enter the county or municipality that you were born in rather than where you lived. This will usually be where the hospital you were born in was located.

Is your ethnicity where you were born?

Ethnicity: Your ethnicity refers to your background heritage, culture, religion, ancestry or sometimes the country where you were born.

Does where your from mean where you were born?

If you feel that being “from there” simply means that you were born there and grew up there – even if you’ve lived elsewhere since – then consider yourself from there.