We are currently in the process of applying for citizenships of 2 different EU countries by descent. We planned to do this some time ago, but the current political uncertainty really propelled us to get out s**t together, gather documents and start working on the applications.
I think that the political uncertainty in US will continue regardless of who wins the November elections.
Some practical observations about applying for EU citizenship by descent:
- it is a very complicated and long process. It took a lot of effort to gather all the documents.
- EU countries insist on certifying all the marriage and birth certificates with "apostilles" (something that I did not know even existed before starting this process). To give you some idea of how involved this is, it takes 3 months and 3-step process to get an apostille on a NY birth certificate alone.
- EU consulates in NY are already overwhelmed by the number of people who are taking advantage of citizenship by descent. I think that regardless of whoever wins November elections, the number of people looking for EU citizenships will rise and so will the wait periods. If the political uncertainty in US continues to rise, you can fully expect the EU consulates in US to become even more overwhelmed and the wait times to rise dramatically.
And you will also be subject to the taxing regime of that foreign jurisdiction of which you're claiming citizenship and possibly to the reach of the entire EU to which you so dearly wish to belong...
Out of the frying pan...what if Hungary institutes a mandatory draft that may affect your snowflakes ... yes, call the defunded police from your former home state and ask them to extraordinary rendition you out of Budapest...fyi that's the capital of Hungary ;)
Sounds like you have never applied for even a United States of America passport before sweetie...I would start with that. The millions of people trying to get here can't all be wrong! (22 million global citizens typically apply each year for the USA green card lottery - which used to go to about 50,000 winners - fewer winners now but as many applicants as ever.)
NP. I second that. Use the country that venders citizenship most easily. Some countries are incredibly strict.
Also, if you are at all interested in process, I would encourage you to research the citizenship laws of the countries your ancestors emigrated from. A large number of EU countries have quite liberal law when it comes to issuing passports by descent. Poland, Ireland, Italy, Croatia and Hungary probably have the most liberal laws.