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

Short-stay visa applications decided by Poland'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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Poland · all consulates · 2025: 15.8% of decisions were visas not issued

109,483applications

91,761uniform visas issued

17,382not issued

19 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 17.2% (−1.4 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: Angola (68.5%); lowest: Vietnam (3.6%). 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.

Poland visa rejection rate by country where people apply

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

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Belarus	4.1%	11.0%	20,812	864
China	9.2%	10.4%	15,938	1,450
India	17.0%	19.0%	9,673	1,640
Türkiye	29.3%	24.0%	7,341	2,148
Armenia	15.5%	15.6%	3,960	620
United Kingdom	13.5%	3.0%	3,703	504
Kazakhstan	3.8%	4.9%	3,626	139
Azerbaijan	11.4%	8.3%	3,319	380
United Arab Emirates	32.5%	16.2%	3,123	1,027
Egypt	22.3%	23.3%	3,082	687
Algeria	35.3%	43.9%	2,771	978
Uzbekistan	32.5%	32.2%	2,370	785
Jordan	26.9%	19.3%	2,265	618
Kuwait	4.4%	4.5%	2,120	92
United States	4.9%	2.4%	1,607	78
Indonesia	6.1%	5.7%	1,605	98
Morocco	34.4%	23.1%	1,576	541
Philippines	4.8%	11.5%	1,508	72
South Africa	7.9%	20.8%	1,313	104
Saudi Arabia	12.7%	15.4%	1,209	157
Ukraine	9.0%	27.4%	1,092	101
Iraq	45.2%	35.1%	1,078	489
Vietnam	3.6%	3.3%	958	35
Tunisia	31.2%	38.8%	940	299
Qatar	42.3%	25.0%	936	404
Thailand	28.7%	26.2%	873	250
Iran	38.7%	43.4%	810	314
Lebanon	19.4%	19.1%	757	149
Angola	68.5%	67.4%	690	472
Pakistan	67.7%	70.9%	690	480
Nigeria	46.1%	53.8%	669	309
Kenya	24.0%	18.5%	657	156
Canada	13.9%	10.2%	635	88
Tanzania	31.8%	45.8%	565	191
Mongolia	8.2%	11.0%	537	44
Singapore	6.6%	5.5%	472	31
Ireland	0.9%	4.5%	460	4
Georgia	13.2%	13.1%	452	60
Israel	0.0%	6.9%	432	0
Senegal	27.1%	51.0%	379	102
Cyprus	5.6%	11.2%	309	18
Japan	15.8%	8.0%	278	44
Montenegro	3.8%	1.8%	261	10
Ethiopia	78.1%	67.1%	218	168
Cuba	27.4%	16.4%	173	48
Australia	6.6%	2.8%	165	11
Serbia	3.1%	9.7%	160	5
Hong Kong	2.0%	3.8%	149	3
Syria	49.6%	67.1%	125	62
Malaysia	2.7%	14.8%	113	3
South Korea	9.3%	9.2%	104	10
Russia	0.0%	1.1%	103	0
New Zealand	8.5%*	1.6%	60	5
Peru	30.8%*	58.7%	53	16
Taiwan	0.0%*	5.1%	52	0
Moldova	12.2%*	18.5%	41	5
Panama	4.8%*	0.0%	21	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9%*	12.5%	19	1
Albania	0.0%*	0.0%	17	0
Mexico	5.9%*	0.0%	17	1
Brazil	10.0%*	14.3%	10	1
Colombia	55.6%*	–	9	5
North Macedonia	33.3%*	0.0%	9	3
Argentina	0.0%*	0.0%	2	0
Chile	0.0%*	28.6%	2	0
Spain	0.0%*	0.0%	2	0
Belgium	100.0%*	–	1	1
Bulgaria	–	4.0%	1	0
Finland	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
France	100.0%*	0.0%	1	1
Netherlands	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
Sweden	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
Switzerland	0.0%*	–	1	0
Venezuela	0.0%*	–	1	0

Poland's busiest consulates


Shanghai	China	6.0%	7,628
Minsk	Belarus	2.7%	7,396
Grodno	Belarus	4.6%	7,367
Brest	Belarus	5.3%	6,049
Ankara	Türkiye	33.5%	5,160
Mumbai	India	17.7%	5,086
New Delhi	India	16.2%	4,587
Beijing	China	9.3%	4,583
Yerevan	Armenia	15.5%	3,960
Guangzhou (Canton)	China	15.5%	3,727
London	United Kingdom	13.5%	3,703
Baku	Azerbaijan	11.4%	3,319
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	32.5%	3,123
Cairo	Egypt	22.3%	3,082
Algiers	Algeria	35.3%	2,771
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	32.5%	2,370
Amman	Jordan	26.9%	2,265
Istanbul	Türkiye	19.4%	2,181
Almaty	Kazakhstan	2.7%	2,172
Kuwait	Kuwait	4.4%	2,120
Jakarta	Indonesia	6.1%	1,605
Rabat	Morocco	34.4%	1,576
Manila	Philippines	4.8%	1,508
Astana	Kazakhstan	5.6%	1,454
Pretoria	South Africa	7.9%	1,313
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	12.7%	1,209
Erbil	Iraq	45.2%	1,078
Hanoi	Vietnam	3.6%	958
Lviv	Ukraine	9.0%	942
Tunis	Tunisia	31.2%	940

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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