Schengen visas in Argentina: refusals consulate by consulate
11.1% of applications refused in 2025 — 118 of 1,068.
2024: 18.1% of 1,328 applications (−7.0 pts). 22 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain — Buenos Aires | 371 | 14.2% | 22.8% | −8.6 pts | 5.2% |
| France — Buenos Aires | 205 | 16.0% | 18.7% | −2.6 pts | 20.8% |
| Italy — Buenos Aires | 102 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 86.3% |
| Germany — Buenos Aires | 72 | 0.0% | 7.0% | −7.0 pts | 55.6% |
| Switzerland — Buenos Aires | 56 | 10.7% | 15.8% | −5.1 pts | 60.0% |
| Greece — Buenos Aires | 45 | 4.4% | 14.0% | −9.6 pts | 93.0% |
| Bulgaria — Buenos Aires | 41 | 38.0% | 37.5% | +0.5 pts | 70.0% |
| Netherlands — Buenos Aires | 37 | 11.4% | 9.1% | +2.3 pts | 41.9% |
| Hungary — Buenos Aires | 24 | 4.0% | 13.3% | −9.3 pts | 52.2% |
| Spain — Cordoba | 21 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Austria — Buenos Aires | 20 | 0.0% | 6.3% | −6.3 pts | 90.0% |
| Portugal — Buenos Aires | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 33.3% |
| Belgium — Buenos Aires | 11 | 9.1% | 12.5% | −3.4 pts | 100.0% |
| Spain — Rosario (Santa Fé) | 11 | 0.0% | 13.3% | −13.3 pts | 0.0% |
| Spain — Bahia Blanca | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Spain — Mendoza | 9 | 11.1% | 30.0% | −18.9 pts | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic — Buenos Aires | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 20.0% |
| Finland — Buenos Aires | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Slovakia — Buenos Aires | 5 | 0.0% | 15.4% | −15.4 pts | 20.0% |
| Croatia — Buenos Aires | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | — |
| Poland — Buenos Aires | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Slovenia — Buenos Aires | 1 | 0.0% | 75.0% | −75.0 pts | 0.0% |
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).