Schengen visa applications filed in North Macedonia

2,725 applications · 9.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 2,725 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in North Macedonia. 9.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
2,725
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,481
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.0%
244 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
75.0%
1,861 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
18
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
16
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in North Macedonia, 2025

18 consulate posts run by 16 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateBulgaria
CitySkopje
Applications1,127
Issued1,055
Multiple-entry948
Refused6.4%
Schengen stateGreece
CitySkopje
Applications469
Issued427
Multiple-entry201
Refused9.0%
Schengen stateAustria
CitySkopje
Applications330
Issued315
Multiple-entry309
Refused4.5%
Schengen stateItaly
CitySkopje
Applications194
Issued187
Multiple-entry147
Refused3.6%
Schengen stateCzechia
CitySkopje
Applications112
Issued111
Multiple-entry48
Refused0.9%
Schengen stateGermany
CitySkopje
Applications102
Issued74
Multiple-entry71
Refused27.5%
Schengen stateSweden
CitySkopje
Applications92
Issued63
Multiple-entry21
Refused31.5%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityBitola
Applications80
Issued74
Multiple-entry63
Refused7.5%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CitySkopje
Applications38
Issued31
Multiple-entry9
Refused18.4%
Schengen stateSpain
CitySkopje
Applications31
Issued26
Multiple-entry0
Refused16.1%
Schengen stateFrance
CitySkopje
Applications30
Issued24
Multiple-entry5
Refused20.0%
Schengen stateCroatia
CitySkopje
Applications29
Issued19
Multiple-entry13
Refused34.5%
Schengen stateHungary
CitySkopje
Applications27
Issued23
Multiple-entry7
Refused14.8%
Schengen stateRomania
CitySkopje
Applications25
Issued25
Multiple-entry4
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CitySkopje
Applications16
Issued8
Multiple-entry5
Refused50.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CityBitola
Applications13
Issued13
Multiple-entry9
Refused0.0%
Schengen statePoland
CitySkopje
Applications9
Issued6
Multiple-entry1
Refused33.3%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CitySkopje
Applications1
Issued0
Multiple-entry0
Refused100.0%

Applications filed in North Macedonia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications2,725
Issued2,481
Refused9.0%
Year2024
Applications2,719
Issued2,407
Refused11.5%
Year2023
Applications8,560
Issued1,516
Refused82.3%
Year2022
Applications9,074
Issued1,290
Refused85.8%
Year2021
Applications2,646
Issued699
Refused73.6%
Year2020
Applications3,342
Issued440
Refused86.8%
Year2019
Applications16,706
Issued2,912
Refused82.6%
Year2018
Applications13,999
Issued1,323
Refused90.5%
Year2017
Applications12,832
Issued3,111
Refused75.8%
Year2016
Applications8,743
Issued1,643
Refused81.2%
Year2015
Applications8,726
Issued1,578
Refused81.9%
Year2014
Applications9,687
Issued3,336
Refused65.6%
Year2013
Applications7,821
Issued4,078
Refused47.5%
Year2012
Applications6,497
Issued3,076
Refused52.7%
Year2011
Applications4,989
Issued2,163
Refused54.1%
Year2010
Applications11,723
Issued7,438
Refused36.6%
Year2009
Applications92,031
Issued79,612
Refused13.5%

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 North Macedonia, 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.