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

Short-stay visa applications decided by Iceland'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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Iceland · all consulates · 2025: 13.8% of decisions were visas not issued

67,380applications
57,743uniform visas issued
9,271not issued
11 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 6.6% (+7.2 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: United Kingdom (32.0%); lowest: China (2.3%). 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.

Iceland visa rejection rate by country where people apply

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

China2.3%1.8%32,982766
United Kingdom32.0%14.5%15,8045,007
India25.7%16.3%10,9062,793
United States9.2%5.6%7,688705

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.

Iceland's busiest consulates

BeijingChina2.3%32,982
LondonUnited Kingdom32.0%15,804
New DelhiIndia25.7%10,906
Washington, DCUnited States9.2%7,688

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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Other Schengen countries

Austria11.9% not issued in 2025Belgium26.1% not issued in 2025Bulgaria12.5% not issued in 2025Croatia18.5% not issued in 2025Czech Republic14.2% not issued in 2025Denmark21.7% not issued in 2025Estonia24.6% not issued in 2025Finland13.4% not issued in 2025France14.2% not issued in 2025Germany13.1% not issued in 2025Greece14.5% not issued in 2025Hungary13.0% not issued in 2025Italy10.8% not issued in 2025Latvia12.3% not issued in 2025Lithuania14.4% not issued in 2025Luxembourg14.7% not issued in 2025Malta38.4% not issued in 2025Netherlands17.7% not issued in 2025Norway15.7% not issued in 2025Poland15.8% not issued in 2025Portugal23.3% not issued in 2025Romania11.5% not issued in 2025Slovakia9.6% not issued in 2025Slovenia21.4% not issued in 2025Spain14.6% not issued in 2025Sweden23.3% not issued in 2025Switzerland12.5% not issued in 2025

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