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

Short-stay visa applications decided by Romania'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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Romania · all consulates · 2025: 11.5% of decisions were visas not issued

54,100applications

47,776uniform visas issued

6,209not issued

3 of 28rank (1 = lowest rate)

In 2024: 9.4% (+2.1 pts). Highest rate among places with at least 500 decisions: Pakistan (70.3%); lowest: Armenia (0.9%). 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.

Romania visa rejection rate by country where people apply

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

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Türkiye	7.4%	3.9%	25,716	1,891
China	10.7%	12.1%	2,345	250
India	18.2%	25.8%	1,931	350
United Kingdom	9.4%	2.5%	1,742	163
Egypt	4.4%	12.5%	1,578	69
Belarus	2.1%	2.5%	1,321	28
United Arab Emirates	14.5%	15.9%	1,095	158
Azerbaijan	6.7%	1.9%	1,057	71
Ukraine	5.2%	2.5%	1,024	53
Armenia	0.9%	1.6%	988	9
Turkmenistan	21.0%	12.6%	940	197
Thailand	2.0%	3.9%	866	17
Iraq	34.1%	28.1%	822	279
Pakistan	70.3%	49.0%	801	563
Kenya	35.2%	18.6%	789	277
South Africa	5.3%	3.9%	742	39
Iran	16.6%	2.6%	687	115
Kazakhstan	1.6%	0.0%	680	11
Jordan	5.4%	10.9%	667	36
Lebanon	9.1%	11.4%	620	57
Tunisia	21.9%	28.2%	527	117
Syria	41.4%	34.8%	526	228
Cuba	4.9%	4.5%	493	24
Morocco	14.5%	9.6%	468	67
Senegal	71.1%	47.5%	463	329
Cyprus	27.5%	27.3%	424	113
Algeria	24.5%	18.4%	382	96
Qatar	4.5%	1.0%	353	16
Philippines	14.6%	1.7%	349	51
United States	10.1%	3.0%	347	34
Moldova	6.4%	6.2%	314	20
Montenegro	9.0%	29.4%	310	28
Nigeria	40.4%	39.1%	303	126
Israel	1.3%	1.9%	280	4
Vietnam	2.4%	18.8%	247	6
Kuwait	14.2%	0.4%	224	31
Russia	12.1%	3.8%	208	25
Uzbekistan	1.5%	4.2%	206	3
Ireland	7.9%	6.4%	190	15
Saudi Arabia	19.3%	14.1%	185	37
Oman	9.6%	2.4%	136	13
Canada	5.9%	7.5%	135	8
Serbia	19.6%	40.0%	111	22
Ethiopia	73.6%	54.3%	109	81
Peru	42.0%*	40.9%	69	29
Japan	3.4%*	0.0%	59	2
Singapore	14.0%*	3.9%	57	8
Australia	8.7%*	0.0%	46	4
Colombia	55.6%*	0.0%	45	25
Georgia	15.2%*	14.3%	33	5
North Macedonia	0.0%*	0.0%	25	0
Hong Kong	12.5%*	13.0%	24	3
South Korea	0.0%*	0.0%	14	0
Brazil	30.0%*	14.3%	10	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.3%*	0.0%	7	1
Mexico	0.0%*	0.0%	3	0
Greece	0.0%*	–	2	0
Albania	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
Belgium	100.0%*	–	1	1
Bulgaria	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
France	0.0%*	0.0%	1	0
Sweden	100.0%*	–	1	1

Romania's busiest consulates


Istanbul	Türkiye	6.2%	13,481
Ankara	Türkiye	6.2%	8,617
Izmir	Türkiye	14.4%	3,618
New Delhi	India	18.2%	1,931
Beijing	China	13.0%	1,719
Cairo	Egypt	4.4%	1,578
London	United Kingdom	9.1%	1,358
Minsk	Belarus	2.1%	1,321
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	14.5%	1,095
Baku	Azerbaijan	6.7%	1,057
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	5.2%	1,019
Yerevan	Armenia	0.9%	988
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	21.0%	940
Bangkok	Thailand	2.0%	866
Islamabad	Pakistan	70.3%	801
Nairobi	Kenya	35.2%	789
Baghdad	Iraq	34.7%	787
Pretoria	South Africa	5.3%	742
Teheran	Iran	16.6%	687
Astana	Kazakhstan	1.6%	680
Amman	Jordan	5.4%	667
Shanghai	China	4.3%	626
Beirut	Lebanon	9.1%	620
Tunis	Tunisia	21.9%	527
Damascus	Syria	41.4%	526
Havana	Cuba	4.9%	493
Rabat	Morocco	14.5%	468
Dakar	Senegal	71.1%	463
Nicosia	Cyprus	27.5%	424
Manchester	United Kingdom	10.2%	384

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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