Schengen visa applications filed in Cyprus

12,980 applications · 9.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 12,980 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Cyprus. 9.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
12,980
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
11,756
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.4%
1,224 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
36.5%
4,292 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
13
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
13
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Cyprus, 2025

13 consulate posts run by 13 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityNicosia
Applications1,789
Issued1,486
Multiple-entry1,478
Refused16.9%
Schengen stateFrance
CityNicosia
Applications1,665
Issued1,548
Multiple-entry110
Refused7.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityNicosia
Applications1,536
Issued1,370
Multiple-entry7
Refused10.8%
Schengen stateAustria
CityNicosia
Applications1,429
Issued1,374
Multiple-entry312
Refused3.8%
Schengen stateGreece
CityNicosia
Applications1,381
Issued1,268
Multiple-entry584
Refused8.2%
Schengen stateHungary
CityNicosia
Applications1,120
Issued1,101
Multiple-entry643
Refused1.7%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityNicosia
Applications935
Issued895
Multiple-entry262
Refused4.3%
Schengen stateItaly
CityNicosia
Applications925
Issued894
Multiple-entry364
Refused3.4%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityNicosia
Applications880
Issued818
Multiple-entry243
Refused7.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CityNicosia
Applications424
Issued298
Multiple-entry45
Refused29.7%
Schengen stateFinland
CityNicosia
Applications383
Issued240
Multiple-entry52
Refused37.3%
Schengen statePoland
CityNicosia
Applications309
Issued291
Multiple-entry170
Refused5.8%
Schengen statePortugal
CityNicosia
Applications204
Issued173
Multiple-entry22
Refused15.2%

Applications filed in Cyprus over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications12,980
Issued11,756
Refused9.4%
Year2024
Applications10,742
Issued9,414
Refused12.4%
Year2023
Applications10,876
Issued9,263
Refused14.8%
Year2022
Applications8,855
Issued7,325
Refused17.3%
Year2021
Applications4,168
Issued3,533
Refused15.2%
Year2020
Applications2,596
Issued2,138
Refused17.6%
Year2019
Applications7,398
Issued6,329
Refused14.1%
Year2018
Applications6,666
Issued5,644
Refused15.3%
Year2017
Applications6,493
Issued5,393
Refused16.9%
Year2016
Applications6,733
Issued5,738
Refused14.8%
Year2015
Applications6,329
Issued5,602
Refused11.5%
Year2014
Applications6,730
Issued6,073
Refused9.8%
Year2013
Applications7,160
Issued6,489
Refused9.4%
Year2012
Applications7,145
Issued6,535
Refused8.5%
Year2011
Applications6,203
Issued5,630
Refused8.7%
Year2010
Applications4,723
Issued4,984
Refused17.4%
Year2009
Applications5,392
Issued4,705
Refused12.7%

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 Cyprus, 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.