Schengen visas in Georgia: refusals consulate by consulate
13.8% of applications refused in 2025 — 1,451 of 10,642.
2024: 14.2% of 9,255 applications (−0.4 pts). 15 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 3.1%
- Netherlands — Tbilissi · 1,174 applications
- Most refusals
- 20.3%
- France — Tbilissi · 2,374 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −7.7 pts
- France — Tbilissi · 2,374 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 31.7%
- France — Tbilissi · 2,374 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 Austria — Tbilissi, with 2,872 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands — Tbilissi | 1,174 | 3.1% | 3.9% | −0.8 pts | 13.0% |
| Austria — Tbilissi | 2,872 | 11.9% | 14.5% | −2.7 pts | 22.6% |
| France — Tbilissi | 2,374 | 20.3% | 28.0% | −7.7 pts | 31.7% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland — Tbilissi | 773 | 5.4% | 6.5% | −1.0 pts | 76.1% |
| Latvia — Tbilissi | 660 | 10.6% | 6.3% | +4.3 pts | 65.4% |
| Italy — Tbilissi | 548 | 33.9% | 7.1% | +26.9 pts | 34.5% |
| Germany — Tbilissi | 540 | 19.4% | 31.0% | −11.5 pts | 82.8% |
| Greece — Tbilissi | 464 | 0.4% | 0.6% | −0.2 pts | 7.6% |
| Poland — Tbilissi | 452 | 13.2% | 13.1% | +0.1 pts | 25.8% |
| Bulgaria — Tbilissi | 255 | 21.4% | 5.6% | +15.8 pts | 29.3% |
| Estonia — Tbilissi | 179 | 28.3% | 27.7% | +0.7 pts | 37.5% |
| Hungary — Tbilissi | 140 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Lithuania — Tbilissi | 104 | 11.5% | 20.9% | −9.3 pts | 67.8% |
| Czech Republic — Tbilissi | 74 | 32.4% | 23.1% | +9.4 pts | 34.0% |
| Romania — Tbilissi | 33 | 15.2% | 14.3% | +0.9 pts | 35.7% |
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).