Schengen visas in Vietnam: refusals consulate by consulate
9.4% of applications refused in 2025 — 10,916 of 116,289.
2024: 10.8% of 110,093 applications (−1.4 pts). 21 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 2.7%
- Italy — Ho Chi Minh · 4,983 applications
- Most refusals
- 20.8%
- Finland — Hanoi · 1,834 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −5.1 pts
- Germany — Ho Chi Minh · 10,470 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.9%
- Germany — Ho Chi Minh · 10,470 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 — Hanoi, with 26,675 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy — Ho Chi Minh | 4,983 | 2.7% | 3.1% | −0.4 pts | 27.4% |
| Austria — Hanoi | 1,731 | 4.3% | 5.9% | −1.6 pts | 12.3% |
| Greece — Hanoi | 1,592 | 4.7% | 5.6% | −0.9 pts | 15.1% |
| Italy — Hanoi | 4,761 | 5.5% | 9.0% | −3.6 pts | 7.1% |
| Bulgaria — Hanoi | 2,726 | 5.7% | 2.8% | +2.9 pts | 2.2% |
| Germany — Ho Chi Minh | 10,470 | 6.3% | 11.4% | −5.1 pts | 99.9% |
| France — Hanoi | 26,675 | 7.2% | 8.3% | −1.1 pts | 9.3% |
| Netherlands — Hanoi | 1,987 | 7.3% | 7.8% | −0.6 pts | 25.5% |
| Spain — Hanoi | 4,362 | 7.4% | 7.3% | +0.1 pts | 4.6% |
| Netherlands — Ho Chi Minh | 3,003 | 8.9% | 11.7% | −2.7 pts | 26.8% |
| Switzerland — Ho Chi Minh | 4,362 | 9.5% | 7.9% | +1.6 pts | 19.4% |
| France — Ho Chi Minh | 24,081 | 9.6% | 13.2% | −3.6 pts | 5.1% |
| Belgium — Hanoi | 1,565 | 15.1% | 14.2% | +0.9 pts | 29.1% |
| Germany — Hanoi | 14,176 | 17.0% | 15.4% | +1.5 pts | 58.7% |
| Hungary — Hanoi | 1,485 | 17.4% | 19.2% | −1.8 pts | 15.7% |
| Czech Republic — Hanoi | 3,939 | 17.4% | 13.5% | +3.9 pts | 1.7% |
| Hungary — Ho Chi Minh | 1,173 | 19.1% | 12.9% | +6.2 pts | 19.6% |
| Finland — Hanoi | 1,834 | 20.8% | 15.5% | +5.3 pts | 15.5% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland — Hanoi | 958 | 3.6% | 3.3% | +0.4 pts | 44.1% |
| Romania — Hanoi | 247 | 2.4% | 18.8% | −16.4 pts | 20.4% |
| Slovakia — Hanoi | 179 | 0.0% | 0.7% | −0.7 pts | 12.3% |
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).