Schengen visas in Armenia: refusals consulate by consulate
10.9% of applications refused in 2025 — 12,081 of 111,550.
2024: 12.3% of 100,352 applications (−1.4 pts). 10 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 2.7%
- Lithuania — Yerevan · 13,872 applications
- Most refusals
- 21.9%
- Greece — Yerevan · 18,932 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −6.9 pts
- Italy — Yerevan · 23,644 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 53.6%
- Lithuania — Yerevan · 13,872 applications
Ranking based on consulates with at least 1,000 applications: below that, a handful of files moves the rate. The largest consulate by volume is Italy — Yerevan, with 23,644 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania — Yerevan | 13,872 | 2.7% | 4.9% | −2.2 pts | 53.6% |
| Bulgaria — Yerevan | 7,374 | 4.0% | 1.3% | +2.7 pts | 13.3% |
| Italy — Yerevan | 23,644 | 6.2% | 13.1% | −6.9 pts | 42.2% |
| Germany — Yerevan | 20,748 | 9.9% | 10.3% | −0.4 pts | 52.2% |
| Czech Republic — Yerevan | 4,423 | 11.4% | 7.4% | +4.0 pts | 45.2% |
| Poland — Yerevan | 3,960 | 15.5% | 15.6% | −0.1 pts | 44.4% |
| France — Yerevan | 16,784 | 16.0% | 20.3% | −4.4 pts | 32.0% |
| Greece — Yerevan | 18,932 | 21.9% | 13.6% | +8.4 pts | 36.4% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania — Yerevan | 988 | 0.9% | 1.6% | −0.6 pts | 18.9% |
| Slovakia — Yerevan | 825 | 1.2% | 0.9% | +0.3 pts | 43.3% |
Before choosing a consulate
You do not pick your consulate. The Visa Code (Article 5) designates the one of your main destination — or of the first country of entry if no destination dominates. Applying "where refusals are lower" for a trip elsewhere is itself a ground for refusal.
A low rate is not leniency: it also reflects who applies. A consulate that mostly receives seasoned business travellers refuses less than one receiving first-time applicants. The rate shows where files fail most often — a reason to prepare yours carefully, not to change address.
Source: Commission européenne — Visa statistics for consulates, 2025 and 2024 editions, published 2026-05-28. Uniform short-stay visas; the rate is the Commission's: refusals / (issued + limited territorial validity visas + refusals).