Schengen visa applications filed in Cape Verde

27,598 applications · 21.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 27,598 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Cape Verde. 21.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
27,598
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
21,576
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
21.8%
6,022 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
87.0%
18,762 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
2
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Cape Verde, 2025

2 consulate posts run by 2 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen statePortugal
CityCidade Da Praia
Applications26,205
Issued20,680
Multiple-entry18,588
Refused21.1%
Schengen stateSpain
CityCidade Da Praia
Applications1,393
Issued896
Multiple-entry174
Refused35.7%

Applications filed in Cape Verde over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications27,598
Issued21,576
Refused21.8%
Year2024
Applications26,204
Issued20,852
Refused20.4%
Year2023
Applications18,341
Issued13,903
Refused24.2%
Year2022
Applications17,572
Issued12,556
Refused28.5%
Year2021
Applications4,776
Issued3,745
Refused21.6%
Year2020
Applications5,254
Issued3,521
Refused33.0%
Year2019
Applications22,948
Issued14,598
Refused36.4%
Year2018
Applications20,158
Issued13,343
Refused33.8%
Year2017
Applications18,334
Issued12,695
Refused30.8%
Year2016
Applications16,752
Issued12,195
Refused27.2%
Year2015
Applications16,410
Issued11,964
Refused27.1%
Year2014
Applications14,694
Issued11,370
Refused22.6%
Year2013
Applications13,367
Issued10,613
Refused20.6%
Year2012
Applications12,878
Issued10,553
Refused18.0%
Year2011
Applications12,778
Issued10,082
Refused21.1%
Year2010
Applications13,349
Issued10,645
Refused20.3%
Year2009
Applications12,602
Issued10,045
Refused20.3%

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 Cape Verde, 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.