Schengen visas in Tanzania: refusals consulate by consulate
19.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 3,117 of 16,227.
2024: 20.1% of 14,572 applications (−0.9 pts). 9 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 5.2%
- Italy — Dar es Salaam · 1,986 applications
- Most refusals
- 25.8%
- Germany — Dar es Salaam · 3,910 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −8.1 pts
- Italy — Dar es Salaam · 1,986 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.5%
- Germany — Dar es Salaam · 3,910 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 Germany — Dar es Salaam, with 3,910 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy — Dar es Salaam | 1,986 | 5.2% | 13.3% | −8.1 pts | 50.9% |
| Switzerland — Dar es Salaam | 1,398 | 7.1% | 8.2% | −1.1 pts | 32.2% |
| Spain — Dar es Salaam | 2,166 | 13.7% | 9.4% | +4.3 pts | 15.0% |
| France — Dar es Salaam | 3,100 | 21.6% | 16.1% | +5.4 pts | 9.3% |
| Netherlands — Dar es Salaam | 1,237 | 22.8% | 20.9% | +1.9 pts | 28.3% |
| Belgium — Dar es Salaam | 1,359 | 25.0% | 18.8% | +6.2 pts | 60.3% |
| Germany — Dar es Salaam | 3,910 | 25.8% | 27.3% | −1.6 pts | 99.5% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland — Dar es Salaam | 565 | 31.8% | 45.8% | −14.0 pts | 7.8% |
| Finland — Dar es Salaam | 506 | 30.7% | 28.1% | +2.6 pts | 8.1% |
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).