Schengen visa applications filed in Netherlands

1,054 applications · 6.3% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,054 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Netherlands. 6.3% of them were refused.

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

Applications
1,054
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
988
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
6.3%
66 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
44.9%
444 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
11
Across 4 cities
Schengen states present
9
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Netherlands, 2025

11 consulate posts run by 9 Schengen states across 4 cities, in 2025.

Sort by
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityWillemstad (Curacao)
Applications436
Issued415
Multiple-entry173
Refused4.8%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityThe Hague
Applications380
Issued359
Multiple-entry172
Refused5.5%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityAruba
Applications207
Issued199
Multiple-entry89
Refused3.9%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAmsterdam
Applications12
Issued9
Multiple-entry9
Refused25.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityAmsterdam
Applications9
Issued0
Multiple-entry0
Refused100.0%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityThe Hague
Applications3
Issued0
Multiple-entry0
Refused100.0%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityThe Hague
Applications2
Issued1
Multiple-entry0
Refused50.0%
Schengen stateLuxembourg
CityThe Hague
Applications2
Issued2
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityThe Hague
Applications1
Issued1
Multiple-entry1
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateNorway
CityThe Hague
Applications1
Issued1
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%
Schengen statePoland
CityThe Hague
Applications1
Issued1
Multiple-entry0
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Netherlands over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,054
Issued988
Refused6.3%
Year2024
Applications1,112
Issued996
Refused10.3%
Year2023
Applications1,034
Issued903
Refused12.7%
Year2022
Applications897
Issued727
Refused19.0%
Year2021
Applications351
Issued268
Refused23.6%
Year2020
Applications326
Issued247
Refused24.2%
Year2019
Applications803
Issued697
Refused13.2%
Year2018
Applications1,010
Issued928
Refused8.1%
Year2017
Applications845
Issued709
Refused16.1%
Year2016
Applications628
Issued586
Refused6.7%
Year2015
Applications687
Issued609
Refused11.2%
Year2014
Applications550
Issued491
Refused10.7%
Year2013
Applications531
Issued468
Refused10.3%
Year2012
Applications424
Issued375
Refused11.1%
Year2011
Applications454
Issued383
Refused15.6%
Year2010
Applications269
Issued235
Refused12.6%
Year2009
Applications633
Issued578
Refused8.7%

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 Netherlands, 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.