Schengen visa applications filed in Bahrain

25,110 applications · 11.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 25,110 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Bahrain. 11.0% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Bahrain, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
25,110
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
22,341
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
11.0%
2,769 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
90.5%
20,219 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Bahrain, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityManama
Applications14,216
Issued12,226
Multiple-entry12,072
Refused14.0%
Schengen stateFrance
CityManama
Applications8,140
Issued7,591
Multiple-entry5,643
Refused6.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityManama
Applications2,754
Issued2,524
Multiple-entry2,504
Refused8.4%

Applications filed in Bahrain over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications25,110
Issued22,341
Refused11.0%
Year2024
Applications23,885
Issued21,171
Refused11.4%
Year2023
Applications22,709
Issued20,745
Refused8.6%
Year2022
Applications19,422
Issued18,086
Refused6.9%
Year2021
Applications5,747
Issued5,365
Refused6.6%
Year2020
Applications3,928
Issued3,694
Refused6.0%
Year2019
Applications24,693
Issued23,489
Refused4.9%
Year2018
Applications23,544
Issued22,687
Refused3.6%
Year2017
Applications22,804
Issued22,362
Refused1.9%
Year2016
Applications22,524
Issued22,171
Refused1.6%
Year2015
Applications21,460
Issued21,107
Refused1.6%
Year2014
Applications19,412
Issued18,890
Refused2.7%
Year2013
Applications18,713
Issued17,811
Refused4.8%
Year2012
Applications15,692
Issued15,635
Refused0.4%
Year2011
Applications14,238
Issued14,067
Refused1.2%
Year2010
Applications14,252
Issued14,065
Refused1.3%
Year2009
Applications11,833
Issued11,692
Refused1.2%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Bahrain, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.