Schengen visas in Cyprus: refusals consulate by consulate
5.1% of applications refused in 2025 — 641 of 12,980.
2024: 7.5% of 10,742 applications (−2.5 pts). 13 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 0.5%
- Hungary — Nicosia · 1,120 applications
- Most refusals
- 6.0%
- Greece — Nicosia · 1,381 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −11.0 pts
- Greece — Nicosia · 1,381 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.5%
- Germany — Nicosia · 1,789 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 Germany — Nicosia, with 1,789 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary — Nicosia | 1,120 | 0.5% | 1.0% | −0.5 pts | 58.4% |
| Austria — Nicosia | 1,429 | 0.5% | 3.2% | −2.8 pts | 22.7% |
| Spain — Nicosia | 1,536 | 0.6% | 0.0% | +0.6 pts | 0.5% |
| Germany — Nicosia | 1,789 | 4.4% | 6.5% | −2.1 pts | 99.5% |
| France — Nicosia | 1,665 | 4.7% | 1.7% | +3.0 pts | 7.1% |
| Greece — Nicosia | 1,381 | 6.0% | 17.0% | −11.0 pts | 46.1% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia — Nicosia | 935 | 3.3% | 6.7% | −3.4 pts | 29.3% |
| Italy — Nicosia | 925 | 3.4% | 2.3% | +1.0 pts | 40.7% |
| Bulgaria — Nicosia | 880 | 4.1% | 15.0% | −10.9 pts | 29.7% |
| Romania — Nicosia | 424 | 27.5% | 27.3% | +0.2 pts | 15.1% |
| Finland — Nicosia | 383 | 32.8% | 29.0% | +3.8 pts | 21.7% |
| Poland — Nicosia | 309 | 5.6% | 11.2% | −5.6 pts | 58.4% |
| Portugal — Nicosia | 204 | 15.2% | 0.0% | +15.2 pts | 12.7% |
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).