Schengen visas in India: refusals consulate by consulate
15.8% of applications refused in 2025 — 181,111 of 1,153,748.
2024: 15.0% of 1,108,239 applications (+0.8 pts). 46 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 1.5%
- Germany — Bangalore · 3,632 applications
- Most refusals
- 46.5%
- Slovenia — New Delhi · 3,910 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −12.8 pts
- Malta — New Delhi · 8,587 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.9%
- Belgium — Bombay · 22,109 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 Switzerland — New Delhi, with 226,044 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany — Bangalore | 3,632 | 1.5% | 1.2% | +0.2 pts | 96.8% |
| Belgium — Bombay | 22,109 | 4.6% | 5.3% | −0.7 pts | 99.9% |
| Hungary — Bombay | 9,491 | 5.9% | 6.8% | −0.8 pts | 71.4% |
| Denmark — New Delhi | 17,038 | 7.1% | 8.5% | −1.4 pts | 20.6% |
| France — Bangalore | 54,046 | 7.9% | 9.0% | −1.1 pts | 43.9% |
| France — Kolkata | 10,116 | 8.7% | 11.5% | −2.8 pts | 9.0% |
| Germany — New Delhi | 11,936 | 10.0% | 12.4% | −2.5 pts | 99.7% |
| Italy — Bombay | 22,737 | 10.1% | 6.7% | +3.3 pts | 97.4% |
| Germany — Chennai | 4,477 | 10.5% | 2.1% | +8.4 pts | 99.8% |
| Germany — Bombay | 130,562 | 10.8% | 11.5% | −0.7 pts | 99.6% |
| Portugal — Goa | 3,037 | 11.1% | 6.3% | +4.7 pts | 13.1% |
| Sweden — New Delhi | 32,536 | 11.5% | 14.5% | −2.9 pts | 28.1% |
| Spain — Bombay | 50,389 | 11.7% | 9.4% | +2.3 pts | 13.5% |
| France — Bombay | 64,765 | 11.8% | 13.5% | −1.7 pts | 40.8% |
| Italy — Bangalore | 9,159 | 12.4% | 8.9% | +3.5 pts | 96.6% |
| Italy — Kolkata | 6,182 | 13.4% | 12.5% | +0.9 pts | 99.9% |
| Switzerland — New Delhi | 226,044 | 13.6% | 12.0% | +1.5 pts | 80.6% |
| Finland — New Delhi | 17,564 | 13.9% | 20.0% | −6.1 pts | 11.9% |
| Germany — Kolkata | 2,572 | 14.0% | 16.6% | −2.7 pts | 99.9% |
| Belgium — New Delhi | 11,224 | 14.2% | 16.0% | −1.8 pts | 66.8% |
| Norway — New Delhi | 29,104 | 14.7% | 9.5% | +5.2 pts | 64.2% |
| Poland — New Delhi | 4,587 | 16.2% | 20.8% | −4.6 pts | 21.0% |
| Italy — New Delhi | 15,345 | 16.6% | 18.6% | −2.0 pts | 67.1% |
| Poland — Bombay | 5,086 | 17.7% | 17.6% | +0.1 pts | 17.7% |
| Romania — New Delhi | 1,931 | 18.2% | 25.8% | −7.6 pts | 18.9% |
| Latvia — New Delhi | 1,314 | 18.6% | 11.9% | +6.7 pts | 8.4% |
| France — Chennai | 28,780 | 19.6% | 19.1% | +0.5 pts | 44.7% |
| Spain — New Delhi | 40,331 | 20.0% | 23.7% | −3.7 pts | 19.6% |
| Czech Republic — New Delhi | 27,317 | 20.1% | 21.5% | −1.4 pts | 24.0% |
| Netherlands — New Delhi | 97,648 | 20.7% | 16.1% | +4.6 pts | 55.1% |
| Austria — New Delhi | 48,761 | 22.1% | 22.0% | +0.1 pts | 28.4% |
| Portugal — New Delhi | 12,385 | 22.6% | 19.2% | +3.4 pts | 36.6% |
| Luxembourg — New Delhi | 3,684 | 23.0% | 15.7% | +7.2 pts | 47.7% |
| Hungary — New Delhi | 6,760 | 23.1% | 23.0% | +0.1 pts | 23.1% |
| Slovakia — New Delhi | 1,437 | 23.5% | 13.4% | +10.1 pts | 20.5% |
| Iceland — New Delhi | 10,906 | 25.7% | 16.3% | +9.4 pts | 24.2% |
| France — New Delhi | 46,477 | 27.4% | 25.2% | +2.2 pts | 18.1% |
| Croatia — New Delhi | 2,615 | 29.2% | 26.5% | +2.6 pts | 80.5% |
| Estonia — New Delhi | 1,706 | 29.7% | 28.2% | +1.5 pts | 25.6% |
| Malta — New Delhi | 8,587 | 32.1% | 44.9% | −12.8 pts | 23.3% |
| Greece — New Delhi | 41,009 | 33.2% | 31.5% | +1.7 pts | 40.7% |
| Bulgaria — New Delhi | 3,435 | 37.9% | 10.5% | +27.4 pts | 10.6% |
| Slovenia — New Delhi | 3,910 | 46.5% | 50.8% | −4.3 pts | 84.5% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania — New Delhi | 944 | 35.7% | 31.1% | +4.6 pts | 25.0% |
| Czech Republic — Bombay | 71 | 16.9% | — | — | 32.2% |
| Netherlands — Bombay | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | 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 Indian 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).