Schengen visas in Serbia: refusals consulate by consulate
5.7% of applications refused in 2025 — 1,116 of 19,656.
2024: 6.3% of 18,149 applications (−0.6 pts). 22 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 1.1%
- Greece — Belgrade · 1,037 applications
- Most refusals
- 11.9%
- Hungary — Belgrade · 1,377 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −1.3 pts
- France — Belgrade · 1,091 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 60.1%
- Greece — Belgrade · 1,037 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 — Belgrade, with 2,890 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece — Belgrade | 1,037 | 1.1% | 2.1% | −1.0 pts | 60.1% |
| Austria — Belgrade | 1,405 | 2.1% | 0.8% | +1.3 pts | 47.0% |
| Spain — Belgrade | 1,981 | 4.0% | — | — | 0.4% |
| Italy — Belgrade | 1,829 | 4.9% | 5.3% | −0.4 pts | 48.6% |
| Germany — Belgrade | 2,890 | 5.7% | 4.2% | +1.5 pts | 20.9% |
| France — Belgrade | 1,091 | 5.9% | 7.2% | −1.3 pts | 8.8% |
| Slovenia — Belgrade | 1,200 | 6.3% | 10.5% | −4.2 pts | 29.3% |
| Switzerland — Belgrade | 1,586 | 7.6% | 5.6% | +1.9 pts | 48.1% |
| Hungary — Belgrade | 1,377 | 11.9% | 11.2% | +0.7 pts | 40.2% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria — Belgrade | 983 | 1.5% | 2.1% | −0.7 pts | 70.9% |
| Bulgaria — Nis | 722 | 0.6% | 0.3% | +0.3 pts | 44.2% |
| Hungary — Subotica | 706 | 10.7% | 6.9% | +3.8 pts | 46.6% |
| Croatia — Belgrade | 536 | 16.2% | 20.4% | −4.2 pts | 20.6% |
| Czech Republic — Belgrade | 513 | 3.5% | 1.9% | +1.6 pts | 88.2% |
| Netherlands — Belgrade | 443 | 2.6% | 0.3% | +2.3 pts | 21.7% |
| Belgium — Belgrade | 399 | 4.4% | 8.3% | −3.8 pts | 25.8% |
| Croatia — Subotica | 350 | 17.9% | 7.7% | +10.2 pts | 66.2% |
| Portugal — Belgrade | 235 | 3.4% | 0.6% | +2.8 pts | 15.4% |
| Poland — Belgrade | 160 | 3.1% | 9.7% | −6.6 pts | 39.0% |
| Romania — Belgrade | 111 | 19.6% | 40.0% | −20.4 pts | 34.1% |
| Finland — Belgrade | 97 | 1.1% | 17.8% | −16.7 pts | 58.9% |
| Slovakia — Belgrade | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 60.0% |
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).