Schengen visas in Uzbekistan: refusals consulate by consulate
16.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 9,983 of 61,328.
2024: 15.2% of 58,691 applications (+1.1 pts). 10 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 4.9%
- Italy — Tashkent · 6,474 applications
- Most refusals
- 32.5%
- Poland — Tashkent · 2,370 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −4.2 pts
- Italy — Tashkent · 6,474 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 68.8%
- Italy — Tashkent · 6,474 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 — Tashkent, with 18,361 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy — Tashkent | 6,474 | 4.9% | 9.0% | −4.2 pts | 68.8% |
| Bulgaria — Tashkent | 5,233 | 10.7% | 7.2% | +3.5 pts | 1.4% |
| Latvia — Tashkent | 5,120 | 12.6% | 10.1% | +2.5 pts | 45.1% |
| France — Tashkent | 11,549 | 13.0% | 14.1% | −1.2 pts | 20.8% |
| Czech Republic — Tashkent | 4,917 | 19.3% | 19.0% | +0.3 pts | 5.6% |
| Hungary — Tashkent | 6,398 | 20.7% | 16.4% | +4.2 pts | 15.1% |
| Germany — Tashkent | 18,361 | 21.3% | 20.0% | +1.2 pts | 32.8% |
| Poland — Tashkent | 2,370 | 32.5% | 32.2% | +0.3 pts | 14.4% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia — Tashkent | 700 | 7.3% | 3.0% | +4.2 pts | 21.8% |
| Romania — Tashkent | 206 | 1.5% | 4.2% | −2.7 pts | 9.9% |
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).