Schengen visas in Ukraine: refusals consulate by consulate
10.7% of applications refused in 2025 — 750 of 7,057.
2024: 13.9% of 8,703 applications (−3.3 pts). 19 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 5.2%
- Romania — Chernivtsi · 1,019 applications
- Most refusals
- 7.0%
- Hungary — Uzhhorod · 2,469 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −2.8 pts
- Hungary — Uzhhorod · 2,469 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 49.1%
- Hungary — Uzhhorod · 2,469 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 Hungary — Uzhhorod, with 2,469 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania — Chernivtsi | 1,019 | 5.2% | 2.5% | +2.7 pts | 24.3% |
| Hungary — Uzhhorod | 2,469 | 7.0% | 9.8% | −2.8 pts | 49.1% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland — Lviv | 942 | 9.0% | 27.9% | −18.9 pts | 46.4% |
| Bulgaria — Kyiv | 633 | 16.9% | 15.4% | +1.5 pts | 52.8% |
| Bulgaria — Odesa | 633 | 16.9% | 13.5% | +3.4 pts | 52.8% |
| France — Kyiv | 511 | 23.9% | 32.1% | −8.2 pts | 39.5% |
| Hungary — Berehove | 282 | 7.5% | 10.4% | −2.8 pts | 31.5% |
| Estonia — Kyiv | 192 | 20.5% | 16.8% | +3.8 pts | 44.1% |
| Poland — Lutsk | 150 | 8.6% | 16.1% | −7.5 pts | 61.3% |
| Greece — Odesa | 68 | 1.5% | 10.3% | −8.9 pts | 47.8% |
| Greece — Kyiv | 42 | 40.5% | 33.3% | +7.1 pts | 41.7% |
| Portugal — Kyiv | 34 | 47.1% | 11.4% | +35.7 pts | 66.7% |
| Slovakia — Uzhhorod | 31 | 9.7% | 0.0% | +9.7 pts | 67.9% |
| Lithuania — Kyiv | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 75.0% |
| Latvia — Kyiv | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic — Kyiv | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 66.7% |
| Romania — Solotvyno | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Spain — Kyiv | 3 | 0.0% | — | — | 100.0% |
| Germany — Kyiv | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | 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).