Schengen visa applications filed in Moldova

2,199 applications · 7.9% refused · 2025

In 2025, 2,199 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Moldova. 7.9% of them were refused.

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

Applications
2,199
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,025
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
7.9%
174 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
53.3%
1,080 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
10
Across 4 cities
Schengen states present
7
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Moldova, 2025

10 consulate posts run by 7 Schengen states across 4 cities, in 2025.

Sort by
Schengen stateCzechia
CityChisinau
Applications490
Issued467
Multiple-entry12
Refused4.7%
Schengen stateHungary
CityChisinau
Applications443
Issued428
Multiple-entry211
Refused3.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CityChisinau
Applications398
Issued367
Multiple-entry366
Refused7.8%
Schengen stateItaly
CityChisinau
Applications377
Issued321
Multiple-entry300
Refused14.9%
Schengen stateRomania
CityChisinau
Applications206
Issued188
Multiple-entry101
Refused8.7%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityChisinau
Applications115
Issued98
Multiple-entry22
Refused14.8%
Schengen stateRomania
CityCahul
Applications61
Issued60
Multiple-entry28
Refused1.6%
Schengen stateRomania
CityBalti
Applications47
Issued46
Multiple-entry24
Refused2.1%
Schengen statePoland
CityChisinau
Applications41
Issued36
Multiple-entry16
Refused12.2%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityTaraclia
Applications21
Issued14
Multiple-entry0
Refused33.3%

Applications filed in Moldova over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications2,199
Issued2,025
Refused7.9%
Year2024
Applications2,052
Issued1,871
Refused8.8%
Year2023
Applications1,676
Issued1,605
Refused4.2%
Year2022
Applications1,557
Issued1,459
Refused6.3%
Year2021
Applications731
Issued710
Refused2.9%
Year2020
Applications751
Issued730
Refused2.8%
Year2019
Applications1,962
Issued1,872
Refused4.6%
Year2018
Applications2,615
Issued2,529
Refused3.3%
Year2017
Applications1,549
Issued1,479
Refused4.5%
Year2016
Applications2,069
Issued1,978
Refused4.4%
Year2015
Applications2,314
Issued2,207
Refused4.6%
Year2014
Applications13,932
Issued13,398
Refused3.8%
Year2013
Applications53,319
Issued49,913
Refused6.4%
Year2012
Applications52,056
Issued48,615
Refused6.6%
Year2011
Applications55,711
Issued50,300
Refused9.7%
Year2010
Applications51,607
Issued45,434
Refused12.0%
Year2009
Applications134,959
Issued127,312
Refused5.7%

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 Moldova, 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.