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

Short-stay visa applications decided by Portugal'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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Portugal · all consulates · 2025: 23.3% of decisions were visas not issued

253,108applications

194,381uniform visas issued

59,254not issued

25 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 11.3% (+12.0 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: Senegal (82.1%); lowest: Türkiye (3.5%). 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.

Portugal visa rejection rate by country where people apply

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

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Angola	44.2%	17.9%	56,169	24,807
Cape Verde	21.1%	11.4%	26,205	5,525
China	7.2%	5.9%	22,180	1,602
United Kingdom	7.3%	3.4%	21,015	1,533
Saudi Arabia	12.7%	6.0%	16,501	2,093
India	20.3%	16.2%	15,422	3,138
Mozambique	13.4%	4.8%	14,574	1,951
South Africa	7.2%	4.5%	10,787	779
Sao Tome and Principe	3.8%	0.9%	8,822	337
Russia	9.7%	4.8%	6,966	677
Morocco	61.0%	40.9%	6,919	4,224
United States	4.7%	0.6%	4,925	230
Türkiye	3.5%	2.9%	3,921	136
Canada	23.7%	2.0%	3,536	982
Egypt	24.7%	22.3%	3,484	861
Guinea-Bissau	54.6%	27.4%	3,306	1,806
Indonesia	7.2%	6.2%	3,182	230
Nigeria	56.3%	60.2%	3,026	1,713
Thailand	6.5%	3.5%	2,881	186
United Arab Emirates	20.3%	15.9%	2,582	527
Pakistan	48.0%	45.5%	2,300	1,119
Senegal	82.1%	73.4%	2,145	1,761
Algeria	53.2%	42.2%	1,949	984
Qatar	31.9%	34.7%	1,569	511
Tunisia	20.6%	11.9%	1,517	313
Ireland	5.8%	1.1%	1,355	78
Cuba	17.0%	0.9%	1,074	183
Côte d'Ivoire	33.5%	19.2%	923	309
Singapore	8.5%	6.2%	737	63
Brazil	57.0%	12.0%	509	290
Japan	12.0%	4.1%	383	46
Macao	8.2%	3.3%	343	28
Palestinian territories	23.9%	14.8%	314	75
Australia	5.1%	0.9%	275	14
Serbia	3.4%	0.6%	235	8
Cyprus	15.2%	0.0%	204	31
Zimbabwe	12.0%	5.6%	192	23
South Korea	8.8%	3.0%	136	12
Israel	8.1%	0.0%	124	10
Iran	16.7%	6.3%	107	20
Mexico	3.8%*	0.0%	80	3
Timor-Leste	9.5%*	1.7%	74	7
Colombia	4.5%*	27.3%	44	2
Ukraine	47.1%*	11.4%	34	16
Panama	14.3%*	11.8%	21	3
Venezuela	5.0%*	5.6%	20	1
Argentina	0.0%*	0.0%	12	0
Peru	0.0%*	0.0%	8	0
Sweden	42.9%*	62.5%	7	3
Uruguay	14.3%*	0.0%	7	1
Germany	33.3%*	–	3	1
Switzerland	50.0%*	0.0%	2	1
France	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
Romania	100.0%*	0.0%	1	1

Portugal's busiest consulates


Luanda	Angola	45.3%	53,964
Cidade da Praia	Cape Verde	21.1%	26,205
Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	12.7%	16,501
London	United Kingdom	5.7%	14,317
Maputo	Mozambique	13.2%	13,000
New Delhi	India	22.6%	12,385
Shanghai	China	7.1%	10,655
Sao Tome	Sao Tome and Principe	3.8%	8,822
Johannesburg	South Africa	9.0%	7,072
Moscow	Russia	9.7%	6,966
Rabat	Morocco	61.0%	6,919
Manchester	United Kingdom	10.6%	6,698
Guangzhou (Canton)	China	6.7%	6,571
Beijing	China	8.2%	4,954
Ankara	Türkiye	3.5%	3,921
Cape Town	South Africa	3.8%	3,715
Cairo	Egypt	24.7%	3,484
Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	54.6%	3,306
Jakarta	Indonesia	7.2%	3,182
Goa	India	11.1%	3,037
Abuja	Nigeria	56.3%	3,026
Bangkok	Thailand	6.5%	2,881
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	20.3%	2,582
Toronto	Canada	10.0%	2,316
Islamabad	Pakistan	48.0%	2,300
Benguela	Angola	16.5%	2,205
Dakar	Senegal	82.1%	2,145
Algiers	Algeria	53.2%	1,949
Beira	Mozambique	15.2%	1,574
Doha	Qatar	31.9%	1,569

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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