Schengen visas in Belgium: refusals consulate by consulate
17.3% of applications refused in 2025 — 22 of 139.
2024: 12.2% of 89 applications (+5.1 pts). 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France — Brussels | 69 | 8.3% | 10.8% | −2.5 pts | 16.4% |
| Luxembourg — Brussels | 38 | 44.1% | 31.3% | +12.9 pts | 27.8% |
| Belgium — Brussels | 24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 26.1% |
| Greece — Brussels | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
| Germany — Brussels | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | — |
| Italy — Brussels | 1 | 0.0% | 20.0% | −20.0 pts | 0.0% |
| Poland — Brussels | 1 | 100.0% | — | — | — |
| Romania — Brussels | 1 | 100.0% | — | — | — |
| Spain — Brussels | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | 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.
Where to go visa-free with a Belgian passport
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).