Schengen visas in Azerbaijan: refusals consulate by consulate
9.8% of applications refused in 2025 — 10,130 of 104,143.
2024: 9.7% of 90,634 applications (+0.1 pts). 15 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 3.0%
- Greece — Baku · 5,267 applications
- Most refusals
- 26.1%
- Bulgaria — Baku · 1,341 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −6.5 pts
- Greece — Baku · 5,267 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 94.8%
- Austria — Baku · 4,448 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 France — Baku, with 24,236 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece — Baku | 5,267 | 3.0% | 9.5% | −6.5 pts | 60.9% |
| Austria — Baku | 4,448 | 3.5% | 2.9% | +0.7 pts | 94.8% |
| Czech Republic — Baku | 6,618 | 5.2% | 10.6% | −5.3 pts | 42.5% |
| France — Baku | 24,236 | 6.2% | 7.0% | −0.8 pts | 42.4% |
| Romania — Baku | 1,057 | 6.7% | 1.9% | +4.8 pts | 29.7% |
| Italy — Baku | 17,942 | 7.4% | 6.1% | +1.4 pts | 37.9% |
| Latvia — Baku | 2,599 | 11.3% | 16.6% | −5.3 pts | 50.4% |
| Poland — Baku | 3,319 | 11.4% | 8.3% | +3.2 pts | 42.4% |
| Germany — Baku | 22,879 | 14.3% | 12.5% | +1.8 pts | 64.1% |
| Hungary — Baku | 6,717 | 15.5% | 18.7% | −3.2 pts | 39.1% |
| Lithuania — Baku | 3,436 | 15.5% | 8.4% | +7.1 pts | 49.2% |
| Switzerland — Baku | 1,860 | 16.3% | 11.7% | +4.6 pts | 69.6% |
| Slovakia — Baku | 1,570 | 19.0% | 1.1% | +17.9 pts | 29.8% |
| Bulgaria — Baku | 1,341 | 26.1% | 17.5% | +8.6 pts | 19.3% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia — Baku | 854 | 16.9% | 25.0% | −8.1 pts | 54.1% |
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).