Schengen visas in Bangladesh: refusals consulate by consulate
54.5% of applications refused in 2025 — 20,918 of 38,642.
2024: 54.9% of 39,345 applications (−0.4 pts). 8 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 27.8%
- Switzerland — Dhaka · 1,288 applications
- Most refusals
- 74.5%
- Sweden — Dhaka · 13,462 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −13.3 pts
- Germany — Dhaka · 5,889 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.9%
- Germany — Dhaka · 5,889 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 Sweden — Dhaka, with 13,462 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland — Dhaka | 1,288 | 27.8% | 19.5% | +8.3 pts | 16.0% |
| Germany — Dhaka | 5,889 | 30.0% | 43.3% | −13.3 pts | 99.9% |
| Denmark — Dhaka | 2,451 | 35.9% | 28.8% | +7.1 pts | 21.6% |
| Spain — Dhaka | 3,608 | 39.5% | 30.6% | +9.0 pts | 12.8% |
| France — Dhaka | 4,908 | 47.3% | 43.9% | +3.4 pts | 16.9% |
| Italy — Dhaka | 6,521 | 60.3% | 65.3% | −5.1 pts | 54.8% |
| Sweden — Dhaka | 13,462 | 74.5% | 67.5% | +7.0 pts | 18.3% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands — Dhaka | 515 | 47.5% | 0.0% | +47.5 pts | 42.3% |
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).