Schengen visa applications filed in Panama

1,400 applications · 8.6% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,400 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Panama. 8.6% of them were refused.

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

Applications
1,400
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
1,280
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
8.6%
120 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
33.1%
424 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
8
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
8
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Panama, 2025

8 consulate posts run by 8 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CityPanama City
Applications1,055
Issued966
Multiple-entry274
Refused8.4%
Schengen stateFrance
CityPanama City
Applications150
Issued128
Multiple-entry12
Refused14.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityPanama City
Applications73
Issued68
Multiple-entry41
Refused6.8%
Schengen stateGermany
CityPanama City
Applications68
Issued68
Multiple-entry67
Refused0.0%
Schengen statePoland
CityPanama City
Applications21
Issued20
Multiple-entry12
Refused4.8%
Schengen statePortugal
CityPanama City
Applications21
Issued18
Multiple-entry9
Refused14.3%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityPanama City
Applications7
Issued7
Multiple-entry6
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CityPanama City
Applications5
Issued5
Multiple-entry3
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Panama over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,400
Issued1,280
Refused8.6%
Year2024
Applications1,285
Issued1,184
Refused7.9%
Year2023
Applications1,183
Issued1,049
Refused11.3%
Year2022
Applications1,124
Issued968
Refused13.9%
Year2021
Applications1,769
Issued1,514
Refused14.4%
Year2020
Applications1,779
Issued1,257
Refused29.2%
Year2019
Applications5,611
Issued3,832
Refused31.7%
Year2018
Applications6,530
Issued4,908
Refused24.8%
Year2017
Applications5,385
Issued3,706
Refused31.2%
Year2016
Applications3,871
Issued3,512
Refused9.3%
Year2015
Applications2,114
Issued2,010
Refused4.9%
Year2014
Applications1,228
Issued1,186
Refused3.4%
Year2013
Applications1,140
Issued1,076
Refused5.6%
Year2012
Applications1,092
Issued1,068
Refused2.2%
Year2011
Applications1,047
Issued999
Refused4.6%
Year2010
Applications859
Issued812
Refused5.5%
Year2009
Applications676
Issued643
Refused4.9%

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 Panama, 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.