Schengen visas in Kazakhstan: refusals consulate by consulate
9.1% of applications refused in 2025 — 16,294 of 182,002.
2024: 9.0% of 179,446 applications (+0.1 pts). 22 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 2.7%
- Poland — Almaty · 2,172 applications
- Most refusals
- 20.5%
- Finland — Astana · 1,924 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −7.3 pts
- Croatia — Astana · 1,273 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.3%
- Germany — Astana · 18,531 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 — Astana, with 28,824 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland — Almaty | 2,172 | 2.7% | 6.3% | −3.6 pts | 32.7% |
| Greece — Astana | 9,663 | 2.8% | 1.4% | +1.4 pts | 71.3% |
| Austria — Astana | 5,331 | 4.6% | 11.1% | −6.4 pts | 63.3% |
| France — Astana | 19,092 | 4.7% | 5.1% | −0.3 pts | 34.9% |
| Germany — Astana | 18,531 | 5.4% | 8.8% | −3.4 pts | 99.3% |
| Poland — Astana | 1,454 | 5.6% | 3.1% | +2.4 pts | 19.3% |
| Bulgaria — Astana | 7,602 | 6.3% | 1.8% | +4.5 pts | 24.3% |
| Spain — Astana | 25,020 | 6.4% | — | — | 12.3% |
| Italy — Astana | 28,824 | 6.9% | 5.4% | +1.5 pts | 30.2% |
| Latvia — Astana | 2,183 | 7.1% | 3.3% | +3.9 pts | 51.4% |
| Croatia — Astana | 1,273 | 7.3% | 14.6% | −7.3 pts | 53.7% |
| Hungary — Almaty | 10,277 | 7.5% | 6.3% | +1.2 pts | 38.9% |
| Slovakia — Astana | 1,049 | 10.1% | 1.8% | +8.3 pts | 16.3% |
| Switzerland — Astana | 4,272 | 12.3% | 15.6% | −3.3 pts | 24.2% |
| Lithuania — Astana | 1,260 | 12.3% | 13.6% | −1.3 pts | 40.5% |
| Lithuania — Almaty | 7,598 | 17.7% | 16.1% | +1.6 pts | 46.6% |
| Germany — Almaty | 19,059 | 18.0% | 20.7% | −2.8 pts | 62.1% |
| Czech Republic — Astana | 13,850 | 19.6% | 10.5% | +9.1 pts | 9.7% |
| Finland — Astana | 1,924 | 20.5% | 13.3% | +7.2 pts | 17.2% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia — Astana | 865 | 10.4% | 8.2% | +2.2 pts | 66.4% |
| Romania — Astana | 680 | 1.6% | 0.0% | +1.6 pts | 16.5% |
| Netherlands — Astana | 23 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 71.4% |
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).