Schengen visa applications filed in Egypt

226,865 applications · 25.1% refused · 2025

In 2025, 226,865 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Egypt. 25.1% of them were refused.

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

Applications
226,865
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
169,915
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
25.1%
56,950 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
55.0%
93,473 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
27
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
26
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Egypt, 2025

27 consulate posts run by 26 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityCairo
Applications53,746
Issued45,143
Multiple-entry21,197
Refused16.0%
Schengen stateGermany
CityCairo
Applications50,714
Issued40,054
Multiple-entry38,342
Refused21.0%
Schengen stateItaly
CityCairo
Applications21,395
Issued16,577
Multiple-entry10,661
Refused22.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityCairo
Applications20,802
Issued13,831
Multiple-entry2,841
Refused33.5%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityCairo
Applications14,637
Issued8,425
Multiple-entry2,748
Refused42.4%
Schengen stateGreece
CityCairo
Applications11,192
Issued7,046
Multiple-entry2,569
Refused37.0%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityCairo
Applications6,718
Issued5,097
Multiple-entry2,027
Refused24.1%
Schengen stateGreece
CityAlexandria
Applications6,081
Issued4,312
Multiple-entry1,865
Refused29.1%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityCairo
Applications5,643
Issued4,166
Multiple-entry1,306
Refused26.2%
Schengen stateHungary
CityCairo
Applications5,178
Issued3,604
Multiple-entry1,112
Refused30.4%
Schengen stateAustria
CityCairo
Applications4,955
Issued3,557
Multiple-entry2,350
Refused28.2%
Schengen stateSweden
CityCairo
Applications4,427
Issued2,163
Multiple-entry1,011
Refused51.1%
Schengen statePortugal
CityCairo
Applications3,484
Issued2,623
Multiple-entry1,149
Refused24.7%
Schengen statePoland
CityCairo
Applications3,082
Issued2,385
Multiple-entry490
Refused22.6%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityCairo
Applications2,183
Issued1,990
Multiple-entry665
Refused8.8%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityCairo
Applications2,100
Issued1,532
Multiple-entry208
Refused27.0%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityCairo
Applications2,040
Issued1,343
Multiple-entry841
Refused34.2%
Schengen stateMalta
CityCairo
Applications1,995
Issued1,242
Multiple-entry373
Refused37.7%
Schengen stateRomania
CityCairo
Applications1,578
Issued1,509
Multiple-entry697
Refused4.4%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityCairo
Applications1,489
Issued816
Multiple-entry301
Refused45.2%
Schengen stateFinland
CityCairo
Applications927
Issued661
Multiple-entry248
Refused28.7%
Schengen stateLithuania
CityCairo
Applications726
Issued447
Multiple-entry124
Refused38.4%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityCairo
Applications593
Issued516
Multiple-entry137
Refused13.0%
Schengen stateEstonia
CityCairo
Applications493
Issued362
Multiple-entry45
Refused26.6%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityCairo
Applications491
Issued371
Multiple-entry147
Refused24.4%
Schengen stateLatvia
CityCairo
Applications195
Issued142
Multiple-entry19
Refused27.2%
Schengen stateNorway
CityCairo
Applications1
Issued1
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Egypt over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications226,865
Issued169,915
Refused25.1%
Year2024
Applications209,438
Issued151,968
Refused27.4%
Year2023
Applications188,581
Issued138,897
Refused26.3%
Year2022
Applications167,995
Issued133,357
Refused20.6%
Year2021
Applications59,307
Issued45,207
Refused23.8%
Year2020
Applications43,254
Issued33,039
Refused23.6%
Year2019
Applications203,377
Issued158,789
Refused21.9%
Year2018
Applications190,140
Issued147,340
Refused22.5%
Year2017
Applications172,371
Issued136,493
Refused20.8%
Year2016
Applications189,327
Issued160,035
Refused15.5%
Year2015
Applications177,545
Issued153,336
Refused13.6%
Year2014
Applications156,995
Issued136,555
Refused13.0%
Year2013
Applications147,710
Issued126,178
Refused14.6%
Year2012
Applications137,542
Issued120,896
Refused12.1%
Year2011
Applications121,106
Issued107,244
Refused11.4%
Year2010
Applications127,300
Issued113,791
Refused10.6%
Year2009
Applications111,833
Issued97,297
Refused13.0%

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 Egypt, 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.