Anyone else finding KYC/KYB a real bottleneck with new European brokers?

Been looking at a few different options for better access to some of the smaller Euro indices and specific sector ETFs, but the onboarding process for a couple of the newer firms has been a bit of a nightmare. Seems like every document needs notarization, and then there's a two-week lag on verification. Just wondering if this is a widespread thing post-MiFID II for smaller entities, or if I'm just hitting some particularly clunky platforms. It's making what should be a relatively quick process feel like pulling teeth.