Schengen visa applications filed in Cuba

38,585 applications · 25.2% refused · 2025

In 2025, 38,585 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Cuba. 25.2% of them were refused.

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

Applications
38,585
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
28,847
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
25.2%
9,738 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
18.5%
5,332 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
17
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
17
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Cuba, 2025

17 consulate posts run by 17 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CityHavana
Applications20,071
Issued16,578
Multiple-entry1,077
Refused17.4%
Schengen stateItaly
CityHavana
Applications5,074
Issued3,331
Multiple-entry1,692
Refused34.4%
Schengen stateFrance
CityHavana
Applications2,985
Issued1,936
Multiple-entry339
Refused35.1%
Schengen stateGermany
CityHavana
Applications2,555
Issued1,282
Multiple-entry884
Refused49.8%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityHavana
Applications1,892
Issued1,140
Multiple-entry330
Refused39.7%
Schengen stateSweden
CityHavana
Applications1,119
Issued612
Multiple-entry82
Refused45.3%
Schengen statePortugal
CityHavana
Applications1,074
Issued891
Multiple-entry156
Refused17.0%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityHavana
Applications944
Issued812
Multiple-entry96
Refused14.0%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityHavana
Applications842
Issued535
Multiple-entry206
Refused36.5%
Schengen stateRomania
CityHavana
Applications493
Issued465
Multiple-entry137
Refused5.7%
Schengen stateAustria
CityHavana
Applications337
Issued300
Multiple-entry74
Refused11.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CityHavana
Applications299
Issued241
Multiple-entry135
Refused19.4%
Schengen stateHungary
CityHavana
Applications224
Issued150
Multiple-entry37
Refused33.0%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityHavana
Applications218
Issued208
Multiple-entry15
Refused4.6%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityHavana
Applications208
Issued165
Multiple-entry24
Refused20.7%
Schengen statePoland
CityHavana
Applications173
Issued125
Multiple-entry22
Refused27.7%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityHavana
Applications77
Issued76
Multiple-entry26
Refused1.3%

Applications filed in Cuba over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications38,585
Issued28,847
Refused25.2%
Year2024
Applications48,625
Issued36,907
Refused24.1%
Year2023
Applications47,792
Issued34,019
Refused28.8%
Year2022
Applications39,931
Issued29,080
Refused27.2%
Year2021
Applications14,379
Issued11,378
Refused20.9%
Year2020
Applications14,783
Issued10,400
Refused29.6%
Year2019
Applications53,904
Issued41,849
Refused22.4%
Year2018
Applications50,179
Issued42,329
Refused15.6%
Year2017
Applications44,866
Issued39,177
Refused12.7%
Year2016
Applications40,065
Issued35,694
Refused10.9%
Year2015
Applications33,003
Issued29,531
Refused10.5%
Year2014
Applications29,841
Issued25,135
Refused15.8%
Year2013
Applications29,983
Issued22,894
Refused23.6%
Year2012
Applications24,149
Issued20,546
Refused14.9%
Year2011
Applications25,732
Issued21,932
Refused14.8%
Year2010
Applications24,780
Issued21,512
Refused13.2%
Year2009
Applications20,900
Issued16,899
Refused19.1%

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 Cuba, 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.