Schengen visa applications filed in Dominican Republic

52,063 applications · 28.2% refused · 2025

In 2025, 52,063 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Dominican Republic. 28.2% of them were refused.

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

Applications
52,063
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
37,385
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
28.2%
14,678 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
34.6%
12,923 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
6
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
6
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Dominican Republic, 2025

6 consulate posts run by 6 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CitySanto Domingo
Applications30,256
Issued23,311
Multiple-entry6,275
Refused23.0%
Schengen stateItaly
CitySanto Domingo
Applications5,907
Issued3,175
Multiple-entry2,381
Refused46.3%
Schengen stateFrance
CitySanto Domingo
Applications5,379
Issued3,974
Multiple-entry878
Refused26.1%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CitySanto Domingo
Applications4,935
Issued2,545
Multiple-entry287
Refused48.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CitySanto Domingo
Applications3,710
Issued3,064
Multiple-entry2,225
Refused17.4%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CitySanto Domingo
Applications1,876
Issued1,316
Multiple-entry877
Refused29.9%

Applications filed in Dominican Republic over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications52,063
Issued37,385
Refused28.2%
Year2024
Applications51,229
Issued35,476
Refused30.8%
Year2023
Applications52,699
Issued38,091
Refused27.7%
Year2022
Applications43,996
Issued33,158
Refused24.6%
Year2021
Applications18,860
Issued14,315
Refused24.1%
Year2020
Applications11,323
Issued8,150
Refused28.0%
Year2019
Applications43,803
Issued32,638
Refused25.5%
Year2018
Applications42,606
Issued30,601
Refused28.2%
Year2017
Applications39,367
Issued29,403
Refused25.3%
Year2016
Applications31,367
Issued23,405
Refused25.4%
Year2015
Applications29,884
Issued21,262
Refused28.9%
Year2014
Applications28,507
Issued19,522
Refused31.5%
Year2013
Applications25,777
Issued17,408
Refused32.5%
Year2012
Applications25,229
Issued18,755
Refused25.7%
Year2011
Applications28,561
Issued20,754
Refused27.3%
Year2010
Applications22,344
Issued14,939
Refused33.1%
Year2009
Applications21,528
Issued13,363
Refused37.9%

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 Dominican Republic, 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.