Schengen visas in Russia: refusals consulate by consulate
6.4% of applications refused in 2025 — 42,953 of 679,425.
2024: 7.5% of 606,594 applications (−1.1 pts). 39 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 0.9%
- Netherlands — Moscou · 11,959 applications
- Most refusals
- 17.4%
- Estonia — Moscou · 2,363 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −13.0 pts
- Austria — Moscou · 4,959 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 94.9%
- Luxembourg — Moscou · 1,048 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 France — Moscou, with 167,549 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands — Moscou | 11,959 | 0.9% | 0.6% | +0.3 pts | 70.1% |
| Hungary — Saint-Pétersbourg | 5,101 | 2.3% | 4.5% | −2.2 pts | 50.2% |
| Bulgaria — Saint-Pétersbourg | 6,294 | 2.8% | 2.9% | −0.1 pts | 56.2% |
| Luxembourg — Moscou | 1,048 | 3.1% | 2.7% | +0.4 pts | 94.9% |
| France — Moscou | 167,549 | 3.5% | 7.1% | −3.6 pts | 14.0% |
| Bulgaria — Moscou | 21,129 | 3.6% | 5.2% | −1.6 pts | 52.8% |
| Slovakia — Moscou | 1,203 | 3.6% | 8.8% | −5.2 pts | 46.1% |
| Germany — Moscou | 24,676 | 4.0% | 5.5% | −1.5 pts | 5.0% |
| Slovenia — Moscou | 1,607 | 4.4% | 5.6% | −1.1 pts | 8.8% |
| Latvia — Moscou | 1,126 | 4.7% | 2.9% | +1.8 pts | 39.4% |
| Hungary — Kazan | 2,065 | 5.0% | 4.7% | +0.4 pts | 8.2% |
| Spain — Saint-Pétersbourg | 13,093 | 5.2% | 6.0% | −0.8 pts | 0.2% |
| Italy — Moscou | 148,612 | 5.4% | 4.3% | +1.0 pts | 53.3% |
| Italy — Saint-Pétersbourg | 21,899 | 5.9% | 11.8% | −6.0 pts | 28.7% |
| Belgium — Moscou | 1,753 | 6.0% | 5.9% | +0.1 pts | 60.4% |
| Greece — Novorossiysk | 6,392 | 6.3% | 7.5% | −1.3 pts | 56.7% |
| Croatia — Moscou | 1,694 | 6.5% | 5.5% | +0.9 pts | 73.5% |
| Greece — Saint-Pétersbourg | 4,248 | 6.7% | 11.3% | −4.6 pts | 46.7% |
| Finland — Moscou | 4,148 | 7.1% | 9.4% | −2.3 pts | 71.0% |
| Hungary — Moscou | 18,317 | 8.2% | 10.7% | −2.5 pts | 26.8% |
| Hungary — Yekaterinburg | 3,057 | 8.7% | 7.9% | +0.7 pts | 24.4% |
| Switzerland — Moscou | 11,378 | 9.1% | 4.7% | +4.4 pts | 63.5% |
| Spain — Moscou | 126,503 | 9.7% | 8.5% | +1.2 pts | 1.8% |
| Portugal — Moscou | 6,966 | 9.7% | 4.8% | +4.9 pts | 8.1% |
| Austria — Moscou | 4,959 | 9.8% | 22.8% | −13.0 pts | 17.3% |
| Lithuania — Moscou | 1,106 | 10.9% | 5.9% | +5.0 pts | 76.4% |
| Greece — Moscou | 56,939 | 12.1% | 13.2% | −1.1 pts | 39.3% |
| Estonia — Moscou | 2,363 | 17.4% | 22.7% | −5.3 pts | 61.4% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malta — Moscou | 879 | 19.8% | 25.0% | −5.2 pts | 14.4% |
| Lithuania — Kaliningrad | 603 | 6.6% | 16.2% | −9.6 pts | 64.4% |
| Czech Republic — Moscou | 175 | 10.9% | 12.4% | −1.5 pts | 50.3% |
| Romania — Moscou | 143 | 15.3% | 2.6% | +12.6 pts | 35.5% |
| Sweden — Moscou | 91 | 4.4% | 21.0% | −16.6 pts | 54.9% |
| Lithuania — Sovetsk | 87 | 5.9% | 0.0% | +5.9 pts | 100.0% |
| Poland — Moscou | 87 | 0.0% | 1.0% | −1.0 pts | 34.5% |
| Norway — Moscou | 81 | 3.7% | 5.8% | −2.1 pts | 59.0% |
| Romania — Saint-Pétersbourg | 65 | 4.8% | 6.7% | −1.8 pts | 37.3% |
| Poland — Kaliningrad | 16 | 0.0% | 4.0% | −4.0 pts | 62.5% |
| Germany — Saint-Pétersbourg | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
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.
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).