Schengen visa applications filed in Belarus

157,028 applications · 2.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 157,028 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Belarus. 2.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
157,028
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
152,571
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
2.8%
4,457 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
85.0%
129,672 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
14
Across 4 cities
Schengen states present
12
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Belarus, 2025

14 consulate posts run by 12 Schengen states across 4 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateItaly
CityMinsk
Applications50,912
Issued50,709
Multiple-entry50,176
Refused0.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CityMinsk
Applications42,763
Issued41,577
Multiple-entry37,692
Refused2.8%
Schengen stateFrance
CityMinsk
Applications14,716
Issued13,764
Multiple-entry9,874
Refused6.5%
Schengen stateHungary
CityMinsk
Applications14,342
Issued14,113
Multiple-entry8,762
Refused1.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityMinsk
Applications7,396
Issued7,192
Multiple-entry6,023
Refused2.8%
Schengen statePoland
CityGrodno
Applications7,367
Issued7,026
Multiple-entry5,756
Refused4.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityBrest
Applications6,049
Issued5,727
Multiple-entry4,501
Refused5.3%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityMinsk
Applications5,741
Issued5,486
Multiple-entry1,954
Refused4.4%
Schengen stateLithuania
CityMinsk
Applications4,138
Issued3,518
Multiple-entry3,481
Refused15.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CityMinsk
Applications1,321
Issued1,292
Multiple-entry359
Refused2.2%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityMinsk
Applications1,105
Issued1,085
Multiple-entry426
Refused1.8%
Schengen stateLatvia
CityVitsyebsk
Applications1,073
Issued977
Multiple-entry568
Refused8.9%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityMinsk
Applications103
Issued103
Multiple-entry98
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateEstonia
CityMinsk
Applications2
Issued2
Multiple-entry2
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Belarus over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications157,028
Issued152,571
Refused2.8%
Year2024
Applications164,009
Issued157,158
Refused4.2%
Year2023
Applications163,979
Issued158,031
Refused3.6%
Year2022
Applications120,893
Issued118,523
Refused2.0%
Year2021
Applications58,285
Issued57,485
Refused1.4%
Year2020
Applications135,372
Issued134,777
Refused0.4%
Year2019
Applications645,722
Issued643,474
Refused0.3%
Year2018
Applications681,106
Issued676,984
Refused0.6%
Year2017
Applications715,433
Issued710,504
Refused0.7%
Year2016
Applications695,615
Issued693,395
Refused0.3%
Year2015
Applications752,782
Issued753,937
Refused
Year2014
Applications881,404
Issued879,808
Refused0.2%
Year2013
Applications777,813
Issued768,323
Refused1.2%
Year2012
Applications698,404
Issued693,425
Refused0.7%
Year2011
Applications583,871
Issued579,924
Refused0.7%
Year2010
Applications433,102
Issued428,491
Refused1.1%
Year2009
Applications401,313
Issued396,580
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 Belarus, 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.