Schengen visa applications filed in Nepal

7,085 applications · 25.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 7,085 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Nepal. 25.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
7,085
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
5,311
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
25.0%
1,774 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
30.4%
1,614 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Nepal, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityKathmandu
Applications3,705
Issued2,915
Multiple-entry1,432
Refused21.3%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityKathmandu
Applications2,581
Issued1,756
Multiple-entry172
Refused32.0%
Schengen stateFinland
CityKathmandu
Applications799
Issued640
Multiple-entry10
Refused19.9%

Applications filed in Nepal over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications7,085
Issued5,311
Refused25.0%
Year2024
Applications7,817
Issued5,065
Refused35.2%
Year2023
Applications8,165
Issued5,219
Refused36.1%
Year2022
Applications6,718
Issued4,118
Refused38.7%
Year2021
Applications1,734
Issued1,276
Refused26.4%
Year2020
Applications2,369
Issued1,650
Refused30.4%
Year2019
Applications13,075
Issued9,577
Refused26.8%
Year2018
Applications10,464
Issued7,935
Refused24.2%
Year2017
Applications11,244
Issued8,429
Refused25.0%
Year2016
Applications10,284
Issued8,004
Refused22.2%
Year2015
Applications8,087
Issued6,781
Refused16.1%
Year2014
Applications8,131
Issued6,976
Refused14.2%
Year2013
Applications9,267
Issued7,725
Refused16.6%
Year2012
Applications8,637
Issued6,822
Refused21.0%
Year2011
Applications8,049
Issued6,160
Refused23.5%
Year2010
Applications7,139
Issued6,028
Refused15.6%
Year2009
Applications4,692
Issued3,605
Refused23.2%

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 Nepal, 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.