Visa refusal rates for Israel: Schengen countries (2025), easiest and hardest, the UK and Canada

How many Schengen visa applications made in Israel were not issued in 2025, country by country and consulate by consulate, with the easiest and hardest countries for applicants from Israel, and how many UK visitor and work visa applications by nationals of Israel were refused, with the latest figures for Canada. Official figures only.

Visa refusal ratesIsrael

Schengen visas · applications made in Israel · 2025: 18.5% not issued (5,718 of 30,922 decisions)

31,500applications

24,112uniform visas issued

5,718not issued

+1.7 ptschange on 2024 (16.8%)

Easiest Schengen visa from Israel, by the numbers: the lowest not-issued rate among Schengen countries with at least 500 decisions was Germany (2.1%); the highest was Spain (29.0%). Full ranking by country and consulate. Of the 74 countries with the most applications, Israel ranks 38 (1 = lowest rate). Multiple-entry visas: 38.3% of uniform visas issued in 2025 (by country).

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026); European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2024 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

United Kingdom · nationals of Israel · July 2025 to June 20265.5% of visitor visa decisions refused (details)

2.6%work visas refused · 586 decisions

Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa outcomes, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026

Australia, New Zealand and Canada · by citizenship: Latest official full-year figures for nationals of this country

86.5%Canada temporary resident applications approved · 2025 · 7,235 processed

Sources: IRCC (2025, Open Government Licence – Canada); downloaded on 26 October 2026. Details and definitions below.

Statistics, not advice. These are official figures for all applications made in a past period. They cannot predict the decision on your application, and a lower rate does not make a visa easier for you: you must apply to the Schengen country where you will spend the most time (or, for equal stays, the one you enter first), at the consulate responsible for the place where you legally live. Always follow the consulate's official requirements.

Schengen visa rejection rate by country, applications made in Israel

Tap a column heading to sort. "Not issued" includes refusals and applications whose examination was discontinued. * Fewer than 100 decisions: the rate can swing a lot.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026); European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2024 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

Easiest Schengen visa from Israel: lowest and highest refusal rates (2025)

Which Schengen country has the lowest rejection rate for applicants from Israel? Among the 8 Schengen countries that decided at least 500 applications made in Israel in 2025, Germany had the lowest not-issued rate (2.1%) and Spain the highest (29.0%). Smaller numbers move too much from year to year to compare. These rates describe past decisions, not your chances. See the easiest Schengen visa from Israel: all countries and consulates ranked.

A lower rate is not a guarantee, and you cannot choose freely. Each rate mixes different travellers, purposes and documents. You must apply to the country of your main destination: the rule is on the European Commission page on applying for a Schengen visa (checked on 15 October 2026). Applying to a country you do not plan to visit mainly can itself lead to a refusal.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

Multiple-entry Schengen visas issued in Israel (2025)

Multiple-entry visasIsrael · 2025

Schengen visas issued in Israel · 2025: 38.3% were multiple-entry visas (9,240 of 24,112 uniform visas issued)

43.3%in 2024

−5.0 ptschange on 2024

Germanyhighest share: 83.9%

Francelowest share: 19.1%

Among the 7 Schengen countries that issued at least 500 visas in Israel in 2025, Germany gave the highest share of multiple-entry visas (83.9%) and France the lowest (19.1%). All Schengen visas issued worldwide in 2025: 51.7% multiple-entry. Multiple-entry Schengen visas by country and by place of application.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026); European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2024 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

Schengen countries that issued at least 500 uniform visas in Israel in 2025, from the highest share of multiple-entry visas. Tap a column heading to sort. "Change" is in percentage points; * fewer than 500 visas issued in 2024. Not shown (fewer than 500 visas issued): Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026); European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2024 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

What this share means, and what it does not. A multiple-entry visa "allows several visits to the Schengen area for as long as the visa is valid"; a single-entry visa allows one entry (European Commission, checked on 30 October 2026). Every visit is still a short stay, of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. A multiple-entry visa is not a long-stay visa, a work permit or a residence permit. The Commission's file only says whether each visa allows multiple entries: it does not say how long the visas were valid for. The share describes visas issued in the past, not your chances: the consulate decides the number of entries and the validity of each visa.

By consulate

Each Schengen country's consulates (or visa sections) in Israel, by number of applications in 2025. Where a country is represented by another, the applications appear under the country that decided them.

Source: European Commission, Visa statistics for consulates 2025 (XLSX, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Short-stay (Schengen) visas, calendar year. All years on the Commission website.

UK visa refusal rate for nationals of Israel: visitor and work visas

From July 2025 to June 2026, the UK refused 5.5% of visitor visa decisions for nationals of Israel (64 refused out of 1,158). 2.6% of work visa decisions were refused (586 decisions). Unlike the Schengen figures, the UK counts applicants by nationality, wherever they apply. With only 1,158 visitor visa decisions, read this rate with care: where most nationals can visit the UK without a visa, the people who apply for one are a small and unusual group.

Source: Home Office, Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending June 2026 (XLSX, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026; next update 26 November 2026). Refusal rate = refused ÷ (granted + refused), as in the Home Office grant rate; withdrawn and lapsed applications are excluded. Figures from 2026 Q1 are provisional.

Visitor visas, quarter by quarter

1. 6.0%Q3
   2024 284 decisions
2. 9.2%Q4
   2024 260 decisions
3. 5.9%Q1
   2025 322 decisions
4. 4.3%Q2
   2025 441 decisions
5. 6.8%Q3
   2025 265 decisions
6. 5.0%Q4
   2025 280 decisions
7. 6.4%Q1
   2026 219 decisions
8. 4.6%Q2
   2026 394 decisions

Source: Home Office, same file as above (published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026). Each bar is the share of visitor visa decisions taken in that quarter that were refusals; 2026 figures are provisional.

Work visas, quarter by quarter

Source: Home Office, Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending June 2026 (XLSX, published 27 August 2026, downloaded on 15 October 2026). "Study" is the Home Office group for sponsored study (Student, Child Student) and short-term study visas; "Work" groups all work routes (Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, temporary and seasonal work, Global Business Mobility, talent and business visas, and their dependants). * Fewer than 100 decisions; 2026 figures are provisional.

Australia student visa refusal rate

In 2025-26 Australia decided 22 student visa applications from primary applicants who are nationals of Israel and applied from outside Australia, fewer than the 500 we need to show a meaningful rate. See Australia visa refusal rates for all nationalities.

New Zealand visa decline rate

In 2025/26 Immigration New Zealand decided at most 259 visitor, student or work visa applications from nationals of Israel in each category, fewer than the 500 we need to show a meaningful rate. See New Zealand visa decline rates for all nationalities.

Canada: temporary resident applications from Israel approved (2025)

In 2025, IRCC approved 86.5% of the temporary resident applications from Israel that it processed (6,260 approved out of 7,235 people). This share mixes visitor visas, study permits and work permits, first applications and extensions; "processed" includes applications refused and withdrawn, so the other 13.5% were refused or withdrawn. In 2024: 82.4%. January to August 2026: 84.6% (2,885 processed).

No study permit or visitor visa refusal rate. For each country IRCC publishes only the number of new study permit applications processed (155 from Israel in 2025) and the number of visitor visas approved (100), never both for the same visa, so a study permit or visitor visa refusal rate cannot be calculated from the official files.

Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates: temporary resident applications processed, temporary resident applications approved, new study permit applications processed, visitor visas (V-1) approved (XLSX, data as of September 1, 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. IRCC rounds counts to the nearest 5 and does not publish counts from 1 to 4; the data are operational and subject to change.

Approved share, month by month (all temporary resident applications)

1. 91%Sep
   2025 800 processed
2. 87%Oct
   2025 435 processed
3. 76%Nov
   2025 270 processed
4. 82%Dec
   2025 250 processed
5. 82%Jan
   2026 255 processed
6. 86%Feb
   2026 320 processed
7. 89%Mar
   2026 645 processed
8. 88%Apr
   2026 335 processed
9. 85%May
   2026 330 processed
10. 88%Jun
    2026 365 processed
11. 81%Jul
    2026 320 processed
12. 73%Aug
    2026 315 processed

Source: IRCC, same files as above (data as of September 1, 2026, downloaded on 26 October 2026). Each bar is approved ÷ processed in that month. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

All countries: Canada temporary resident approval rate by country.

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How to read these figures

• Where you apply, not your passport. The Schengen figures count applications made in Israel, including residents of other nationalities, and leave out nationals of Israel who applied elsewhere.
• Not-issued rate = visas not issued ÷ (uniform visas issued + visas with limited territorial validity + visas not issued), the formula in the Commission's file. Applications still pending at the end of the year are not counted.
• If you are refused, the consulate must tell you why and how to appeal (European Commission).
• Australia, New Zealand and Canada count applicants by citizenship (Canada: "source country"), like the UK, and each authority defines its rate differently: see the notes under each table.
• Full method: how we calculate the rates.

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