Schengen visa applications filed in Guinea-Bissau

6,308 applications · 56.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 6,308 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Guinea-Bissau. 56.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
6,308
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,751
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
56.4%
3,557 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
36.4%
1,002 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
2
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Guinea-Bissau, 2025

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

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Schengen statePortugal
CityBissau
Applications3,306
Issued1,500
Multiple-entry689
Refused54.6%
Schengen stateSpain
CityBissau
Applications3,002
Issued1,251
Multiple-entry313
Refused58.3%

Applications filed in Guinea-Bissau over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications6,308
Issued2,751
Refused56.4%
Year2024
Applications4,336
Issued1,901
Refused56.2%
Year2023
Applications5,493
Issued2,528
Refused54.0%
Year2022
Applications7,990
Issued4,314
Refused46.0%
Year2021
Applications4,643
Issued3,098
Refused33.3%
Year2020
Applications3,507
Issued1,595
Refused54.5%
Year2019
Applications12,014
Issued7,583
Refused36.9%
Year2018
Applications8,260
Issued6,422
Refused22.3%
Year2017
Applications6,963
Issued5,394
Refused22.5%
Year2016
Applications5,965
Issued4,947
Refused17.1%
Year2015
Applications5,320
Issued4,252
Refused20.1%
Year2014
Applications4,720
Issued3,839
Refused18.7%
Year2013
Applications3,892
Issued3,243
Refused16.7%
Year2012
Applications3,637
Issued2,822
Refused22.4%
Year2011
Applications4,253
Issued3,242
Refused23.8%
Year2010
Applications3,822
Issued3,001
Refused21.5%
Year2009
Applications3,133
Issued2,102
Refused32.9%

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 Guinea-Bissau, 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.