mrskate

Passed the interview! We came in early and I had to wait about 40 minutes more after my scheduled time. My officer was nice, not very chatty, although I was super nervous anyway. We started I with the application first and I totally forgot exact dates when I was out of US... I was like " they are in the application, it was long time ago haha....and I had to change my Russian passport in between, so some of the leave/entry stamps were missing, but we figured it out..then we proceed to those billion questions if you have ever been doing something wrong before. Then he suddenly asked me to read a sentence, then to write another sentence, and then he ask me 6 test questions (that I dont even remember which ones they were haha ...that's how nervous I was!). And then he said he recommends my application for approval and ask if I want to do the Oath ceremony today, so I said of course I do! Whole interview took no more than 25 minutes, and 2 hours later I took the Oath and got my naturalization certificate. There were 20 of us today there! I am beyond happy and excited!!!
 
N-400: September 2017 Applicants
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Good luck to everyone who's having interview tomorrow!!! It is going to be a big day for all of us!   Mine is tomorrow too and I am already getting nervous...

Well Happy Monday
Thank you for making me laugh .. this was spot on
But anyhow,
I have been living in US close to 20 years now. When I arrived to US my English was bad. I understood some, but my use of English was very, very limited, pronunciation was horrible and I wasn't able to venture into any deeper conversation then 'hi-bye, how are you doing - good and you?' ....
Over the past 20 years I can tell you that I only had two instances where I heard the 'go back to where you came from' but I would be lying if I didn't say that those comments had NOTHING to do with me. it was their own personal issue with whatever was going on in their day or life for that matter.
My mom frequently visits as well, and does not speak English. She is super cute when she continuously apologizes to store clerks or other by saying ' Sorry, no speak English" and the most common answer is something like "but thank you for trying ... you speak some English and we do not speak your language... or just simple 'that's ok (with a smile)...'
My point is, Americans are very forgiving if you genuinely show that you are trying. They have patience, they are willing to help and are just understanding.
Over the years I have finished college here, and went so far to owning my own business. Never did I ever felt less of a human or a level below just because my English skills were not up to par with a native speaker.
Smile on, fear off.. and all is good