Schengen visa applications filed in Jamaica

5,418 applications · 9.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 5,418 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Jamaica. 9.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
5,418
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
4,906
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.4%
512 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
40.6%
1,994 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Jamaica, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CityKingston
Applications3,443
Issued3,349
Multiple-entry759
Refused2.7%
Schengen stateGermany
CityKingston
Applications1,217
Issued1,114
Multiple-entry1,111
Refused8.5%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityKingston
Applications758
Issued443
Multiple-entry124
Refused41.6%

Applications filed in Jamaica over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications5,418
Issued4,906
Refused9.4%
Year2024
Applications5,533
Issued5,065
Refused8.5%
Year2023
Applications5,018
Issued4,680
Refused6.7%
Year2022
Applications3,657
Issued3,259
Refused10.9%
Year2021
Applications838
Issued729
Refused13.0%
Year2020
Applications928
Issued806
Refused13.1%
Year2019
Applications5,889
Issued5,457
Refused7.3%
Year2018
Applications5,356
Issued4,934
Refused7.9%
Year2017
Applications4,713
Issued4,389
Refused6.9%
Year2016
Applications3,953
Issued3,670
Refused7.2%
Year2015
Applications4,003
Issued3,742
Refused6.5%
Year2014
Applications3,754
Issued3,472
Refused7.5%
Year2013
Applications3,753
Issued3,476
Refused7.4%
Year2012
Applications3,817
Issued3,583
Refused6.1%
Year2011
Applications4,057
Issued3,765
Refused7.2%
Year2010
Applications3,462
Issued3,282
Refused5.2%
Year2009
Applications3,194
Issued3,089
Refused3.3%

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 Jamaica, 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.