Super frustrated with EAD expedite

[Orangesapples 1,954]

1 hour ago, beefmaster said:

European means the continent (source, I am British)

European means the continent and the islands. Source - I know geography. 

[geowrian 22,337]

The islands are not part of the continent?

[NikLR 13,227]

I think we have 3 pages of off topic.. LOL

[JennyR 11]

14 minutes ago, NikLR said:

I think we have 3 pages of off topic.. LOL

Thats what i was going to say, we too are delayed I haven't called since the last time the person i spoke to was rude plus i guess at this time they can only do what they can. Our EAD AP and Change of status were all logged in Nov, Bio-metrics Dec since then very little movement.

 

Our predicted dates have moved up by at least a week and we should have had it by the end of the month but i guess the algorithm for this will be out now as were in a situation which cant be measured. 

 

Heres hoping that we get it all soon

[jmn1012 25]

1 hour ago, Zoeeeeeee said:

I'm English...born and raised in Britain, as were my parents, grandparents,  great grandparents etc...and I've always referred to Britain as being part of Europe and myself as European...cause it is and I am...

Two sides of a coin here.

I too am English, born and raised, as were my parents, grandparents,  great grandparents, I have never referred to myself as European or seen myself as European.

 

[Orangesapples 1,954]

50 minutes ago, jmn1012 said:

Two sides of a coin here.

I too am English, born and raised, as were my parents, grandparents,  great grandparents, I have never referred to myself as European or seen myself as European.

 

So which continent do you identify as coming from? 

[jmn1012 25]

7 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

So which continent do you identify as coming from? 

Not sure if I have to identify what continent I come from and why should I. Not sure of the relevance.

My country of birth is England - I am English. Whatever state that country is in, I am very proud of everything the country holds true, both right and wrong. Being "European" had no ties, it's a land mass, not a country. 

If I was born in Canada would you expect me to call myself North American? Prob. not

[Orangesapples 1,954]

9 minutes ago, jmn1012 said:

Not sure if I have to identify what continent I come from and why should I. Not sure of the relevance.

My country of birth is England - I am English. Whatever state that country is in, I am very proud of everything the country holds true, both right and wrong. Being "European" had no ties, it's a land mass, not a country. 

If I was born in Canada would you expect me to call myself North American? Prob. not

Of course, same as if you were born in Mexico. 

 

So when you studied geography, you didn't include Britain when talking about Europe? 

 

I will never understand why people are proud of the country they were born in. It's not like they had a say in it. I'm personally only proud of things I have personally achieved but I digress. Apparently nationalism is growing worldwide. 

 

 

[jmn1012 25]

19 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

Of course, same as if you were born in Mexico. 

 

So when you studied geography, you didn't include Britain when talking about Europe? 

 

I will never understand why people are proud of the country they were born in. It's not like they had a say in it. I'm personally only proud of things I have personally achieved but I digress. Apparently nationalism is growing worldwide. 

 

 

I will never understand how people cannot separate geography and locality.   

Can I ask what make you think nationalism ever went away unless you think it was politically correct to think so? It never has. People may kid themselves but take a look at every WorldCup, Olympics etc. Locality matters. Do you find that wrong?

I am also proud of what I have personally achieved, however, I also have respect for what my parents, grandparents and other from my country have achieved. Whatever people try to portray. Our country is still a great country, has a huge amount to give to the global family fo the better. We do not have to be "part" of a larger mass to achieve that.

My view our individuality is what make peoples so valuable in the big melting pot - Don't chip away at that.

[Calicolom 266]

On 3/24/2020 at 3:39 PM, Pooley said:

We've been calling in weekly and at first they told us that they only had 3 people working in the office and they're only handling 10 cases per person so it could be April 1st before they got to our case. That was last Thursday. Today we called and we were told that they're shut down and it could be 50 days but probably longer. 

Some things are just out of your control. Immigration waiting times is one of them. I am stuck in colombia right now, I also have a job waiting for me. Thanks coronavirus.

[Cornflake 108]

5 hours ago, jmn1012 said:

Two sides of a coin here.

I too am English, born and raised, as were my parents, grandparents,  great grandparents, I have never referred to myself as European or seen myself as European.

 

I agree with you. I'm from Europe myself and we never call English/British people European people. Just my personal experience. 

[Zoeeeeeee 797]

I feel like this is kind of a debate over semantics here. What people commonly say is not neccesarily indicative of what is factually correct...(as any frequent VJ user can testify!)

 

If I'm asked to describe what I am, I say I'm English and that I'm from England...but that doesn't negate me also being European and from Europe...or from being a human and from planet earth. We're not limited to how wide we want to branch...but geographically, yes, I'm from the East Midlands, in England, in Great Britain, in Europe (and so on and so forth).

 

Sorry @Pooley, this conversation has gone way off route. Good luck to you and your husband.