Schengen visas in Romania: refusals consulate by consulate
1.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 1 of 83.
2024: 4.8% of 1,292 applications (−3.6 pts). 10 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland — Bucharest | 46 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
| France — Bucharest | 13 | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 pts | 25.0% |
| Austria — Bucharest | 7 | 0.0% | 14.8% | −14.8 pts | 100.0% |
| Hungary — Bucharest | 6 | 0.0% | 23.3% | −23.3 pts | 100.0% |
| Italy — Bucharest | 3 | 0.0% | 14.5% | −14.5 pts | 100.0% |
| Netherlands — Bucharest | 3 | 0.0% | 7.0% | −7.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Greece — Bucharest | 2 | 0.0% | 1.2% | −1.2 pts | 100.0% |
| Bulgaria — Bucharest | 1 | 0.0% | 2.0% | −2.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Portugal — Bucharest | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | +100.0 pts | — |
| Spain — Bucharest | 1 | — | 5.5% | — | — |
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).