Schengen visa applications filed in Lebanon

120,364 applications · 19.9% refused · 2025

In 2025, 120,364 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Lebanon. 19.9% of them were refused.

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

Applications
120,364
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
96,436
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
19.9%
23,928 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
49.3%
47,549 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
19
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
19
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Lebanon, 2025

19 consulate posts run by 19 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityBeirut
Applications54,456
Issued47,886
Multiple-entry20,825
Refused12.1%
Schengen stateItaly
CityBeirut
Applications13,909
Issued11,433
Multiple-entry5,980
Refused17.8%
Schengen stateGreece
CityBeirut
Applications13,874
Issued10,477
Multiple-entry7,508
Refused24.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityBeirut
Applications12,854
Issued9,686
Multiple-entry2,167
Refused24.6%
Schengen stateGermany
CityBeirut
Applications11,333
Issued6,728
Multiple-entry6,652
Refused40.6%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityBeirut
Applications2,866
Issued2,436
Multiple-entry1,436
Refused15.0%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityBeirut
Applications2,719
Issued1,926
Multiple-entry515
Refused29.2%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityBeirut
Applications1,708
Issued1,180
Multiple-entry496
Refused30.9%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityBeirut
Applications1,360
Issued1,013
Multiple-entry165
Refused25.5%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityBeirut
Applications1,161
Issued451
Multiple-entry152
Refused61.2%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityBeirut
Applications910
Issued554
Multiple-entry208
Refused39.1%
Schengen stateAustria
CityBeirut
Applications868
Issued696
Multiple-entry633
Refused19.8%
Schengen statePoland
CityBeirut
Applications757
Issued602
Multiple-entry282
Refused20.5%
Schengen stateRomania
CityBeirut
Applications620
Issued557
Multiple-entry261
Refused10.2%
Schengen stateHungary
CityBeirut
Applications513
Issued404
Multiple-entry122
Refused21.2%
Schengen stateFinland
CityBeirut
Applications203
Issued163
Multiple-entry71
Refused19.7%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityBeirut
Applications148
Issued142
Multiple-entry75
Refused4.1%
Schengen stateSweden
CityBeirut
Applications97
Issued94
Multiple-entry1
Refused3.1%
Schengen stateNorway
CityBeirut
Applications8
Issued8
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Lebanon over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications120,364
Issued96,436
Refused19.9%
Year2024
Applications115,890
Issued93,158
Refused19.6%
Year2023
Applications117,401
Issued92,834
Refused20.9%
Year2022
Applications99,254
Issued77,987
Refused21.4%
Year2021
Applications54,030
Issued40,606
Refused24.8%
Year2020
Applications36,092
Issued25,386
Refused29.7%
Year2019
Applications159,329
Issued134,235
Refused15.7%
Year2018
Applications155,650
Issued133,225
Refused14.4%
Year2017
Applications152,542
Issued133,633
Refused12.4%
Year2016
Applications142,016
Issued126,315
Refused11.1%
Year2015
Applications135,414
Issued116,986
Refused13.6%
Year2014
Applications128,088
Issued109,766
Refused14.3%
Year2013
Applications117,755
Issued97,528
Refused17.2%
Year2012
Applications94,741
Issued85,501
Refused9.8%
Year2011
Applications79,362
Issued75,201
Refused5.2%
Year2010
Applications68,492
Issued63,825
Refused6.8%
Year2009
Applications66,404
Issued61,438
Refused7.5%

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 Lebanon, 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.