Schengen visas in Mozambique: refusals consulate by consulate
14.0% of applications refused in 2025 — 3,026 of 21,695.
2024: 7.5% of 23,404 applications (+6.5 pts). 8 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 5.9%
- Spain — Maputo · 1,583 applications
- Most refusals
- 20.0%
- France — Maputo · 1,696 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −3.5 pts
- Spain — Maputo · 1,583 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 61.1%
- Italy — Maputo · 2,057 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 Portugal — Maputo, with 13,000 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain — Maputo | 1,583 | 5.9% | 9.5% | −3.5 pts | 12.3% |
| Portugal — Maputo | 13,000 | 13.2% | 4.9% | +8.3 pts | 21.6% |
| Portugal — Beira | 1,574 | 15.2% | 3.9% | +11.3 pts | 26.5% |
| Italy — Maputo | 2,057 | 19.5% | 12.7% | +6.8 pts | 61.1% |
| France — Maputo | 1,696 | 20.0% | 21.1% | −1.1 pts | 28.0% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany — Maputo | 956 | 10.4% | 6.8% | +3.5 pts | 75.6% |
| Netherlands — Maputo | 702 | 20.4% | 15.0% | +5.4 pts | 21.3% |
| Finland — Maputo | 127 | 6.3% | 10.5% | −4.1 pts | 25.4% |
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).