Schengen visas in Belarus: refusals consulate by consulate
2.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 3,652 of 157,028.
2024: 3.5% of 164,009 applications (−1.1 pts). 14 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 0.4%
- Italy — Minsk · 50,912 applications
- Most refusals
- 11.2%
- Lithuania — Minsk · 4,138 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −7.4 pts
- Poland — Minsk · 7,396 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 98.9%
- Italy — Minsk · 50,912 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 Italy — Minsk, with 50,912 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy — Minsk | 50,912 | 0.4% | 0.2% | +0.2 pts | 98.9% |
| Hungary — Minsk | 14,342 | 1.2% | 2.3% | −1.1 pts | 62.1% |
| Slovakia — Minsk | 1,105 | 1.4% | 0.0% | +1.4 pts | 39.3% |
| Bulgaria — Minsk | 5,741 | 1.4% | 2.1% | −0.7 pts | 35.6% |
| Romania — Minsk | 1,321 | 2.1% | 2.5% | −0.4 pts | 27.8% |
| Germany — Minsk | 42,763 | 2.6% | 2.6% | +0.1 pts | 90.7% |
| Poland — Minsk | 7,396 | 2.7% | 10.2% | −7.4 pts | 83.7% |
| France — Minsk | 14,716 | 4.2% | 6.2% | −2.1 pts | 71.7% |
| Poland — Grodno | 7,367 | 4.6% | 11.2% | −6.5 pts | 81.9% |
| Poland — Brest | 6,049 | 5.3% | 12.1% | −6.8 pts | 78.6% |
| Latvia — Vitsyebsk | 1,073 | 8.5% | 3.5% | +4.9 pts | 58.1% |
| Lithuania — Minsk | 4,138 | 11.2% | 7.7% | +3.6 pts | 98.9% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic — Minsk | 103 | 0.0% | 3.1% | −3.1 pts | 95.1% |
| Estonia — Minsk | 2 | 0.0% | 9.8% | −9.8 pts | 100.0% |
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.
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).