Schengen visas in Angola: refusals consulate by consulate
45.4% of applications refused in 2025 — 32,712 of 72,766.
2024: 28.9% of 44,891 applications (+16.5 pts). 10 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 16.5%
- Portugal — Benguela · 2,205 applications
- Most refusals
- 75.4%
- Hungary — Luanda · 1,014 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −12.8 pts
- Italy — Luanda · 1,282 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.7%
- Germany — Luanda · 3,141 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 Portugal — Luanda, with 53,964 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal — Benguela | 2,205 | 16.5% | 10.6% | +5.8 pts | 32.4% |
| Italy — Luanda | 1,282 | 28.2% | 41.0% | −12.8 pts | 15.5% |
| France — Luanda | 2,126 | 39.6% | 42.9% | −3.4 pts | 29.2% |
| Germany — Luanda | 3,141 | 40.0% | 44.5% | −4.5 pts | 99.7% |
| Portugal — Luanda | 53,964 | 45.3% | 18.6% | +26.7 pts | 48.0% |
| Spain — Luanda | 4,207 | 51.1% | 39.1% | +12.1 pts | 8.9% |
| Belgium — Luanda | 2,165 | 56.7% | 66.8% | −10.2 pts | 20.7% |
| Netherlands — Luanda | 1,972 | 60.3% | 50.4% | +9.9 pts | 34.7% |
| Hungary — Luanda | 1,014 | 75.4% | 61.1% | +14.3 pts | 10.0% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland — Luanda | 690 | 68.5% | 67.4% | +1.1 pts | 29.5% |
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).