Schengen visa applications filed in Malaysia

7,345 applications · 31.9% refused · 2025

In 2025, 7,345 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Malaysia. 31.9% of them were refused.

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

Applications
7,345
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
5,000
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
31.9%
2,345 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
38.4%
1,918 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
11
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
11
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Malaysia, 2025

11 consulate posts run by 11 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications1,963
Issued1,278
Multiple-entry227
Refused34.9%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications1,767
Issued668
Multiple-entry214
Refused62.2%
Schengen stateGermany
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications991
Issued740
Multiple-entry230
Refused25.3%
Schengen stateItaly
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications699
Issued567
Multiple-entry552
Refused18.9%
Schengen stateAustria
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications654
Issued628
Multiple-entry351
Refused4.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications626
Issued617
Multiple-entry257
Refused1.4%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications168
Issued130
Multiple-entry24
Refused22.6%
Schengen stateHungary
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications130
Issued86
Multiple-entry25
Refused33.8%
Schengen stateFinland
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications119
Issued78
Multiple-entry8
Refused34.5%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications115
Issued99
Multiple-entry19
Refused13.9%
Schengen statePoland
CityKuala Lumpur
Applications113
Issued109
Multiple-entry11
Refused3.5%

Applications filed in Malaysia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications7,345
Issued5,000
Refused31.9%
Year2024
Applications6,113
Issued4,574
Refused25.2%
Year2023
Applications5,384
Issued4,180
Refused22.4%
Year2022
Applications3,769
Issued3,045
Refused19.2%
Year2021
Applications446
Issued339
Refused24.0%
Year2020
Applications1,112
Issued824
Refused25.9%
Year2019
Applications6,871
Issued5,558
Refused19.1%
Year2018
Applications6,603
Issued5,258
Refused20.4%
Year2017
Applications5,985
Issued4,780
Refused20.1%
Year2016
Applications6,794
Issued6,004
Refused11.6%
Year2015
Applications4,984
Issued4,387
Refused12.0%
Year2014
Applications4,356
Issued3,841
Refused11.8%
Year2013
Applications3,991
Issued3,523
Refused11.8%
Year2012
Applications3,567
Issued3,169
Refused11.2%
Year2011
Applications3,394
Issued2,989
Refused11.9%
Year2010
Applications2,971
Issued2,602
Refused12.4%
Year2009
Applications2,570
Issued2,085
Refused18.9%

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 Malaysia, 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.