Schengen visas in Austria: refusals consulate by consulate
1.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 5 of 378.
2024: 0.8% of 508 applications (+0.5 pts). 8 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland — Vienna | 331 | 0.3% | 0.0% | +0.3 pts | 92.7% |
| France — Vienna | 20 | 11.1% | 0.0% | +11.1 pts | 6.3% |
| Italy — Vienna | 14 | 14.3% | 3.8% | +10.4 pts | 100.0% |
| Germany — Vienna | 8 | 0.0% | 30.0% | −30.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Luxembourg — Vienna | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Netherlands — Vienna | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Slovakia — Vienna | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | 100.0% |
| Spain — Vienna | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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).