Schengen visas in Brazil: refusals consulate by consulate
23.6% of applications refused in 2025 — 578 of 2,498.
2024: 10.9% of 2,083 applications (+12.7 pts). 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France — Sao Paulo | 382 | 16.1% | 18.8% | −2.7 pts | 7.2% |
| Portugal — Sao Paulo | 252 | 70.6% | 18.2% | +52.5 pts | 9.5% |
| Spain — Sao Paulo | 220 | 11.5% | 6.9% | +4.6 pts | 10.5% |
| Italy — Sao Paulo | 204 | 23.8% | 13.8% | +9.9 pts | 70.6% |
| Germany — Sao Paulo | 162 | 9.4% | 8.2% | +1.1 pts | 80.7% |
| Netherlands — Sao Paulo | 151 | 2.9% | 13.0% | −10.1 pts | 18.2% |
| Portugal — Brasilia | 144 | 47.9% | 6.4% | +41.5 pts | 30.7% |
| Spain — Rio De Janeiro | 107 | 7.7% | 1.7% | +6.0 pts | 30.2% |
| Switzerland — Sao Paulo | 94 | 12.8% | 4.9% | +7.9 pts | 76.8% |
| Bulgaria — Brasilia | 82 | 8.6% | 1.2% | +7.5 pts | 91.9% |
| France — Rio De Janeiro | 69 | 15.3% | 3.9% | +11.3 pts | 18.0% |
| Belgium — Sao Paulo | 53 | 53.2% | 40.0% | +13.2 pts | 63.6% |
| Portugal — Rio De Janeiro | 52 | 36.5% | 0.0% | +36.5 pts | 48.5% |
| Austria — Brasilia | 45 | 0.0% | 5.7% | −5.7 pts | 64.9% |
| Spain — Brasilia | 42 | 7.5% | 10.9% | −3.4 pts | 24.3% |
| Germany — Rio De Janeiro | 35 | 5.7% | 11.8% | −6.1 pts | 87.9% |
| Italy — Rio De Janeiro | 35 | 5.7% | 2.1% | +3.6 pts | 69.7% |
| Italy — Brasilia | 33 | 18.2% | 11.8% | +6.4 pts | 66.7% |
| Portugal — Fortaleza | 31 | 54.8% | — | — | 7.1% |
| France — Recife | 29 | 31.0% | 27.3% | +3.8 pts | 75.0% |
| Greece — Sao Paulo | 29 | 37.9% | 5.7% | +32.2 pts | 100.0% |
| France — Brasilia | 28 | 7.1% | 2.0% | +5.1 pts | 19.2% |
| Spain — Porto Alegre | 28 | 55.6% | 18.8% | +36.8 pts | 0.0% |
| Germany — Porto Alegre | 24 | 23.1% | 5.9% | +17.2 pts | 88.9% |
| Switzerland — Rio De Janeiro | 24 | 29.2% | 8.3% | +20.8 pts | 94.1% |
| Italy — Recife | 19 | 21.1% | 20.0% | +1.1 pts | 86.7% |
| Netherlands — Rio De Janeiro | 18 | 0.0% | 18.8% | −18.8 pts | 42.9% |
| Portugal — Salvador De Bahia | 18 | 22.2% | 0.0% | +22.2 pts | 28.6% |
| Italy — Curitiba | 15 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 93.3% |
| Portugal — Belo Horizonte | 12 | 25.0% | 18.8% | +6.3 pts | 11.1% |
| Spain — Salvador De Bahia | 11 | 66.7% | 11.1% | +55.6 pts | 0.0% |
| Germany — Recife | 8 | 0.0% | 18.2% | −18.2 pts | 71.4% |
| Italy — Porto Alegre | 8 | 0.0% | 20.0% | −20.0 pts | 25.0% |
| Poland — Curitiba | 8 | 12.5% | 16.7% | −4.2 pts | 28.6% |
| Romania — Rio De Janeiro | 8 | 37.5% | 14.3% | +23.2 pts | 100.0% |
| Croatia — Brasilia | 7 | 20.0% | — | — | 75.0% |
| Czech Republic — Sao Paulo | 4 | 25.0% | 20.0% | +5.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Poland — Brasilia | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 50.0% |
| Romania — Brasilia | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | 100.0% |
| Slovakia — Brasilia | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 50.0% |
| Czech Republic — Brasilia | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | −100.0 pts | 0.0% |
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.
Where to go visa-free with a Brazilian passport
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).