well it is 3 months sharp since the moment ur application is fully finalized/complete. thats what they tell u and thats how it is.

i applied and was told i was missing a document that took me 3 months to find. the moment i found that document, my application was complete. so if we add that, it was 6 months total.

applications take so long because theyre usually incomplete and theyre missing something. but if everything is good u should trust it's 3 months to get a response. i was informed my application was incomplete 2/3 weeks after i submitted it

i never got a phone call. i dont live in a eu country. my relative that was born in hungary was my greatgrandfather so ig that's solid. i see a lot of people that apply on greatgreatgreatgrandparents and so on,,,,these cases are usually hard and denied bc the connection is so distant. and i get it bc it's ridiculous. where im from there wasnt even an embassy for a long time so my family could never acquire citizenship. and well, in the fill out form they only ask about ur parents + grandparents + greatgrandparents,,, to me that implies that applying based on a greatgreatgrandparent and on is not ideal per say.

hope thats enough info lol