Bulgaria Schengen visa rejection rate 2025: by country where you apply

Short-stay visa applications decided by Bulgaria's consulates in 2025: how many were not issued, in each country where people applied. Official figures from the European Commission.

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Bulgaria · all consulates · 2025: 12.5% of decisions were visas not issued

179,402applications

152,236uniform visas issued

21,775not issued

7 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 9.4% (+3.1 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: Nigeria (66.1%); lowest: United States (0.8%). Average for all Schengen countries in 2025: 14.6%.

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.

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.

Bulgaria visa rejection rate by country where people apply

Every country where Bulgaria decided applications in 2025. Tap a column heading to sort, or type to filter. * Fewer than 100 decisions.

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Türkiye	10.1%	10.3%	82,033	8,240
Russia	3.4%	4.5%	27,423	925
Kazakhstan	6.3%	1.8%	7,602	459
Armenia	4.0%	1.3%	7,374	292
Belarus	1.4%	2.1%	5,741	78
Uzbekistan	10.7%	7.2%	5,233	558
United Arab Emirates	58.2%	35.9%	4,494	2,473
China	9.7%	7.5%	3,687	350
India	37.9%	10.5%	3,435	1,270
Vietnam	5.7%	2.8%	2,726	148
Nigeria	66.1%	50.3%	2,453	1,390
Egypt	26.4%	28.1%	2,100	551
United Kingdom	28.7%	8.5%	1,969	546
Jordan	43.9%	10.9%	1,952	842
Serbia	1.1%	1.1%	1,705	18
Morocco	15.1%	23.5%	1,628	89
Algeria	48.6%	42.0%	1,372	656
Azerbaijan	26.1%	17.5%	1,341	328
Ukraine	16.9%	14.9%	1,266	210
North Macedonia	1.5%	2.1%	1,207	17
Kuwait	12.9%	6.0%	1,166	142
Lebanon	4.6%	4.6%	1,161	22
Qatar	56.6%	30.0%	1,076	591
Iran	18.7%	26.2%	1,068	177
Saudi Arabia	55.4%	39.5%	1,058	570
Cyprus	4.1%	15.0%	880	35
South Africa	17.2%	10.7%	713	109
Indonesia	5.0%	0.2%	654	29
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.5%	2.3%	545	78
United States	0.8%	1.6%	536	5
Tunisia	29.7%	13.6%	496	143
Kosovo	5.6%	1.8%	414	23
Pakistan	46.8%	38.9%	393	173
Palestinian territories	22.8%	5.8%	385	85
Montenegro	3.1%	1.0%	337	10
Ireland	2.4%	2.7%	312	7
Georgia	21.4%	5.6%	255	52
Albania	4.3%	5.0%	227	9
Cuba	10.8%	1.6%	208	20
Canada	4.0%	4.0%	190	7
Moldova	8.0%	0.4%	136	10
Israel	4.8%	4.4%	119	5
Brazil	8.6%*	1.2%	82	7
Japan	0.0%*	0.8%	58	0
Australia	0.0%*	0.0%	42	0
Argentina	38.0%*	37.5%	41	19
Greece	12.1%*	3.9%	40	4
South Korea	9.5%*	2.5%	22	2
Poland	0.0%*	6.4%	11	0
Germany	0.0%*	0.0%	7	0
Mexico	0.0%*	0.0%	7	0
France	0.0%*	0.0%	6	0
Spain	0.0%*	4.3%	4	0
Switzerland	–	0.0%	3	0
Italy	0.0%*	10.3%	2	0
Netherlands	0.0%*	5.9%	2	0
Portugal	0.0%*	0.0%	2	0
Hungary	0.0%*	4.2%	1	0
Norway	100.0%*	0.0%	1	1
Romania	0.0%*	2.0%	1	0

Bulgaria's busiest consulates


Istanbul	Türkiye	14.1%	34,048
Moscow	Russia	3.6%	21,129
Edirne	Türkiye	2.8%	20,534
Bursa	Türkiye	6.2%	19,244
Ankara	Türkiye	21.2%	8,207
Astana	Kazakhstan	6.3%	7,602
Yerevan	Armenia	4.0%	7,374
St. Petersburg	Russia	2.8%	6,294
Minsk	Belarus	1.4%	5,741
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	10.7%	5,233
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	58.2%	4,494
New Delhi	India	37.9%	3,435
Hanoi	Vietnam	5.7%	2,726
Abuja	Nigeria	66.1%	2,453
Cairo	Egypt	26.4%	2,100
Shanghai	China	8.1%	1,975
Amman	Jordan	43.9%	1,952
London	United Kingdom	29.0%	1,925
Beijing	China	11.5%	1,712
Rabat	Morocco	15.1%	1,628
Algiers	Algeria	48.6%	1,372
Baku	Azerbaijan	26.1%	1,341
Kuwait	Kuwait	12.9%	1,166
Beirut	Lebanon	4.6%	1,161
Skopje	North Macedonia	1.4%	1,127
Doha	Qatar	56.6%	1,076
Teheran	Iran	18.7%	1,068
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	55.4%	1,058
Belgrade	Serbia	1.5%	983
Nicosia	Cyprus	4.1%	880

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.

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