Schengen visa applications filed in Montenegro

4,674 applications · 9.7% refused · 2025

In 2025, 4,674 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Montenegro. 9.7% of them were refused.

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

Applications
4,674
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
4,220
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.7%
454 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
57.4%
2,422 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
9
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
8
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Montenegro, 2025

9 consulate posts run by 8 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSlovenia
CityPodgorica
Applications1,667
Issued1,480
Multiple-entry457
Refused11.2%
Schengen stateGermany
CityPodgorica
Applications554
Issued526
Multiple-entry505
Refused5.1%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityKotor
Applications504
Issued421
Multiple-entry344
Refused16.5%
Schengen stateGreece
CityPodgorica
Applications495
Issued487
Multiple-entry190
Refused1.6%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityPodgorica
Applications364
Issued307
Multiple-entry296
Refused15.7%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityPodgorica
Applications337
Issued310
Multiple-entry243
Refused8.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CityPodgorica
Applications310
Issued282
Multiple-entry50
Refused9.0%
Schengen statePoland
CityPodgorica
Applications261
Issued251
Multiple-entry227
Refused3.8%
Schengen stateItaly
CityPodgorica
Applications182
Issued156
Multiple-entry110
Refused14.3%

Applications filed in Montenegro over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications4,674
Issued4,220
Refused9.7%
Year2024
Applications4,790
Issued4,280
Refused10.6%
Year2023
Applications4,142
Issued3,705
Refused10.6%
Year2022
Applications1,735
Issued1,630
Refused6.1%
Year2021
Applications596
Issued536
Refused10.1%
Year2020
Applications311
Issued264
Refused15.1%
Year2019
Applications1,288
Issued1,178
Refused8.5%
Year2018
Applications1,156
Issued1,079
Refused6.7%
Year2017
Applications1,223
Issued1,126
Refused7.9%
Year2016
Applications1,162
Issued1,097
Refused5.6%
Year2015
Applications1,028
Issued960
Refused6.6%
Year2014
Applications1,238
Issued1,203
Refused2.8%
Year2013
Applications1,268
Issued1,227
Refused3.2%
Year2012
Applications1,015
Issued994
Refused2.1%
Year2011
Applications819
Issued791
Refused3.4%
Year2010
Applications625
Issued620
Refused0.8%
Year2009
Applications21,187
Issued20,825
Refused1.7%

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 Montenegro, 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.