Schengen visa applications filed in Palestinian Territories

5,302 applications · 22.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 5,302 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Palestinian Territories. 22.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
5,302
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
4,134
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
22.0%
1,168 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
66.3%
2,739 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
5
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
5
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Palestinian Territories, 2025

5 consulate posts run by 5 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityRamallah
Applications3,434
Issued2,783
Multiple-entry2,339
Refused19.0%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityRamallah
Applications652
Issued558
Multiple-entry185
Refused14.4%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityRamallah
Applications517
Issued268
Multiple-entry52
Refused48.2%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityRamallah
Applications385
Issued286
Multiple-entry58
Refused25.7%
Schengen statePortugal
CityRamallah
Applications314
Issued239
Multiple-entry105
Refused23.9%

Applications filed in Palestinian Territories over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2011–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications5,302
Issued4,134
Refused22.0%
Year2024
Applications3,092
Issued2,428
Refused21.5%
Year2023
Applications4,780
Issued4,189
Refused12.4%
Year2022
Applications4,971
Issued3,842
Refused22.7%
Year2021
Applications2,019
Issued1,612
Refused20.2%
Year2020
Applications1,224
Issued897
Refused26.7%
Year2019
Applications6,253
Issued4,861
Refused22.3%
Year2018
Applications6,251
Issued4,779
Refused23.5%
Year2017
Applications6,065
Issued4,612
Refused24.0%
Year2016
Applications5,369
Issued3,998
Refused25.5%
Year2015
Applications4,868
Issued3,340
Refused31.4%
Year2014
Applications4,783
Issued3,401
Refused28.9%
Year2013
Applications3,947
Issued3,135
Refused20.6%
Year2012
Applications2,746
Issued2,516
Refused8.4%
Year2011
Applications2,239
Issued1,947
Refused13.0%

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 Palestinian Territories, 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.