Schengen visa applications filed in New Zealand

2,714 applications · 4.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 2,714 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in New Zealand. 4.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
2,714
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,606
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
4.0%
108 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
36.6%
953 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
7
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
7
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in New Zealand, 2025

7 consulate posts run by 7 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityWellington
Applications909
Issued867
Multiple-entry42
Refused4.6%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityWellington
Applications647
Issued578
Multiple-entry202
Refused10.7%
Schengen stateGermany
CityWellington
Applications497
Issued437
Multiple-entry437
Refused12.1%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityWellington
Applications267
Issued259
Multiple-entry223
Refused3.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityWellington
Applications208
Issued291
Multiple-entry10
Refused
Schengen stateItaly
CityWellington
Applications126
Issued120
Multiple-entry37
Refused4.8%
Schengen statePoland
CityWellington
Applications60
Issued54
Multiple-entry2
Refused10.0%

Applications filed in New Zealand over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications2,714
Issued2,606
Refused4.0%
Year2024
Applications2,565
Issued2,465
Refused3.9%
Year2023
Applications2,277
Issued2,204
Refused3.2%
Year2022
Applications1,277
Issued1,244
Refused2.6%
Year2021
Applications91
Issued81
Refused11.0%
Year2020
Applications363
Issued344
Refused5.2%
Year2019
Applications3,153
Issued3,045
Refused3.4%
Year2018
Applications2,735
Issued2,708
Refused1.0%
Year2017
Applications2,495
Issued2,468
Refused1.1%
Year2016
Applications2,045
Issued2,009
Refused1.8%
Year2015
Applications2,290
Issued2,230
Refused2.6%
Year2014
Applications1,748
Issued1,607
Refused8.1%
Year2013
Applications1,906
Issued1,561
Refused18.1%
Year2012
Applications1,472
Issued1,452
Refused1.4%
Year2011
Applications1,509
Issued1,478
Refused2.1%
Year2010
Applications1,151
Issued1,136
Refused1.3%
Year2009
Applications1,320
Issued1,285
Refused2.7%

Nearby countries of application

Other countries in the same world region with comparable application volumes.

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 New Zealand, 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.