Schengen visa applications filed in Laos

4,526 applications · 8.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 4,526 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Laos. 8.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
4,526
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
4,129
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
8.8%
397 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
60.8%
2,512 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
2
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Laos, 2025

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

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Schengen stateFrance
CityVientiane
Applications2,312
Issued2,098
Multiple-entry481
Refused9.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityVientiane
Applications2,214
Issued2,031
Multiple-entry2,031
Refused8.3%

Applications filed in Laos over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications4,526
Issued4,129
Refused8.8%
Year2024
Applications4,684
Issued4,085
Refused12.8%
Year2023
Applications4,327
Issued3,663
Refused15.3%
Year2022
Applications3,007
Issued2,476
Refused17.7%
Year2021
Applications324
Issued224
Refused30.9%
Year2020
Applications797
Issued685
Refused14.1%
Year2019
Applications5,203
Issued4,742
Refused8.9%
Year2018
Applications4,640
Issued4,260
Refused8.2%
Year2017
Applications4,252
Issued3,985
Refused6.3%
Year2016
Applications3,601
Issued3,334
Refused7.4%
Year2015
Applications3,424
Issued3,242
Refused5.3%
Year2014
Applications2,834
Issued2,572
Refused9.2%
Year2013
Applications2,620
Issued2,311
Refused11.8%
Year2012
Applications2,559
Issued2,393
Refused6.5%
Year2011
Applications2,263
Issued2,094
Refused7.5%
Year2010
Applications2,017
Issued1,967
Refused2.5%
Year2009
Applications649
Issued629
Refused3.1%

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 Laos, 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.