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

Short-stay visa applications decided by Greece'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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Greece · all consulates · 2025: 14.5% of decisions were visas not issued

704,973applications

596,646uniform visas issued

101,237not issued

15 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 13.2% (+1.2 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: Senegal (52.9%); lowest: Ireland (0.0%). 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.

Greece visa rejection rate by country where people apply

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

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Türkiye	10.8%	10.6%	310,920	33,420
Russia	11.2%	12.7%	67,579	7,480
India	33.2%	31.5%	41,009	13,526
China	4.7%	7.0%	37,794	1,764
United Kingdom	24.5%	10.3%	36,089	8,814
Philippines	4.5%	4.1%	25,038	1,118
Armenia	21.9%	13.6%	18,932	4,129
Egypt	33.8%	31.2%	17,273	5,810
Lebanon	23.7%	13.5%	13,874	3,263
United Arab Emirates	15.6%	17.1%	13,587	2,117
South Africa	1.8%	2.9%	12,730	228
Saudi Arabia	18.9%	9.4%	12,159	2,154
Libya	18.5%	20.9%	10,733	1,948
Kazakhstan	2.8%	1.4%	9,663	270
Iraq	40.0%	43.6%	6,699	2,485
Kuwait	13.0%	6.7%	6,420	831
United States	0.4%	0.9%	6,330	25
DR Congo	49.5%	59.9%	5,290	2,344
Qatar	41.8%	25.8%	5,280	2,183
Azerbaijan	3.0%	9.5%	5,267	157
Jordan	6.5%	9.3%	4,902	313
Iran	33.2%	29.0%	4,641	1,464
Indonesia	7.1%	5.0%	2,874	205
Israel	14.5%	15.7%	2,773	385
Kenya	23.5%	13.9%	2,379	555
Morocco	40.4%	39.6%	2,252	882
Syria	19.0%	22.8%	2,235	410
Thailand	5.2%	4.8%	1,881	97
Tunisia	33.9%	45.6%	1,785	601
Ethiopia	14.1%	2.7%	1,688	232
Algeria	52.3%	55.9%	1,687	872
Vietnam	4.7%	5.6%	1,592	74
Cyprus	6.0%	17.0%	1,381	81
Canada	1.6%	0.4%	1,341	22
Singapore	0.7%	0.2%	1,279	9
Australia	0.7%	0.1%	1,058	7
Serbia	1.1%	2.1%	1,037	11
Ireland	0.0%	1.3%	657	0
Pakistan	36.0%	68.5%	631	226
Senegal	52.9%	34.1%	571	302
Montenegro	1.4%	6.6%	495	7
North Macedonia	7.1%	8.0%	482	34
Georgia	0.4%	0.6%	464	2
Nigeria	36.5%	62.6%	462	161
Zimbabwe	20.8%	10.9%	448	93
Japan	2.7%	3.1%	340	9
Cuba	18.6%	14.2%	299	55
Albania	3.1%	6.8%	164	5
Ukraine	16.4%	15.1%	110	18
Kosovo	17.9%*	13.0%	95	17
South Korea	9.0%*	2.9%	78	7
Mexico	2.0%*	1.7%	51	1
Argentina	4.4%*	14.0%	45	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0%*	0.0%	35	0
Brazil	37.9%*	5.7%	29	11
Peru	0.0%*	14.3%	22	0
Chile	0.0%*	0.0%	14	0
Spain	8.3%*	0.0%	12	1
Panama	0.0%*	0.0%	5	0
Croatia	0.0%*	0.0%	4	0
Belgium	0.0%*	0.0%	3	0
Romania	0.0%*	1.2%	2	0
Uruguay	0.0%*	0.0%	2	0
Bulgaria	0.0%*	1.4%	1	0
Italy	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0

Greece's busiest consulates


Istanbul	Türkiye	11.2%	169,025
Izmir	Türkiye	11.5%	75,981
Moscow	Russia	12.1%	56,939
Edirne	Türkiye	3.1%	49,953
New Delhi	India	33.2%	41,009
London	United Kingdom	24.5%	36,089
Manila	Philippines	4.5%	25,038
Yerevan	Armenia	21.9%	18,932
Shanghai	China	8.1%	17,284
Ankara	Türkiye	27.1%	15,961
Beirut	Lebanon	23.7%	13,874
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	15.6%	13,587
Beijing	China	2.1%	13,453
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	18.9%	12,159
Cairo	Egypt	36.7%	11,192
Astana	Kazakhstan	2.8%	9,663
Tripoli	Libya	20.8%	8,142
Johannesburg	South Africa	2.7%	7,521
Guangzhou (Canton)	China	1.4%	7,057
Kuwait	Kuwait	13.0%	6,420
Novorossiysk	Russia	6.3%	6,392
Alexandria	Egypt	28.4%	6,081
Kinshasa	DR Congo	49.5%	5,290
Doha	Qatar	41.8%	5,280
Erbil	Iraq	48.0%	5,279
Baku	Azerbaijan	3.0%	5,267
Cape Town	South Africa	0.5%	5,209
Amman	Jordan	6.5%	4,902
Teheran	Iran	33.2%	4,641
St. Petersburg	Russia	6.7%	4,248

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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