Schengen visa applications filed in Philippines

235,674 applications · 7.5% refused · 2025

In 2025, 235,674 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Philippines. 7.5% of them were refused.

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

Applications
235,674
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
218,096
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
7.5%
17,578 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
69.2%
150,902 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
16
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
16
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Philippines, 2025

16 consulate posts run by 16 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateNetherlands
CityManila
Applications46,285
Issued44,055
Multiple-entry37,140
Refused4.8%
Schengen stateFrance
CityManila
Applications33,876
Issued31,194
Multiple-entry8,914
Refused7.9%
Schengen stateItaly
CityManila
Applications32,161
Issued29,118
Multiple-entry28,174
Refused9.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityManila
Applications28,189
Issued26,732
Multiple-entry7,931
Refused5.2%
Schengen stateGermany
CityManila
Applications25,512
Issued22,618
Multiple-entry22,616
Refused11.3%
Schengen stateGreece
CityManila
Applications25,038
Issued23,794
Multiple-entry18,062
Refused5.0%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityManila
Applications16,001
Issued15,317
Multiple-entry13,398
Refused4.3%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityManila
Applications8,105
Issued7,557
Multiple-entry5,937
Refused6.8%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityManila
Applications5,174
Issued4,442
Multiple-entry1,893
Refused14.1%
Schengen stateAustria
CityManila
Applications4,905
Issued4,635
Multiple-entry4,631
Refused5.5%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityManila
Applications4,094
Issued3,181
Multiple-entry371
Refused22.3%
Schengen stateFinland
CityManila
Applications2,535
Issued2,132
Multiple-entry673
Refused15.9%
Schengen stateHungary
CityManila
Applications1,551
Issued1,367
Multiple-entry619
Refused11.9%
Schengen statePoland
CityManila
Applications1,508
Issued1,425
Multiple-entry296
Refused5.5%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityManila
Applications391
Issued231
Multiple-entry190
Refused40.9%
Schengen stateRomania
CityManila
Applications349
Issued298
Multiple-entry57
Refused14.6%

Applications filed in Philippines over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications235,674
Issued218,096
Refused7.5%
Year2024
Applications218,301
Issued203,546
Refused6.8%
Year2023
Applications200,973
Issued187,808
Refused6.6%
Year2022
Applications152,817
Issued143,629
Refused6.0%
Year2021
Applications77,779
Issued75,124
Refused3.4%
Year2020
Applications64,136
Issued59,784
Refused6.8%
Year2019
Applications189,541
Issued172,099
Refused9.2%
Year2018
Applications175,703
Issued159,861
Refused9.0%
Year2017
Applications170,695
Issued157,825
Refused7.5%
Year2016
Applications146,517
Issued135,533
Refused7.5%
Year2015
Applications132,611
Issued124,071
Refused6.4%
Year2014
Applications125,037
Issued117,787
Refused5.8%
Year2013
Applications112,664
Issued104,775
Refused7.0%
Year2012
Applications110,519
Issued103,190
Refused6.6%
Year2011
Applications100,002
Issued93,026
Refused7.0%
Year2010
Applications71,871
Issued64,827
Refused9.8%
Year2009
Applications40,154
Issued34,746
Refused13.5%

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 Philippines, 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.