Schengen visa applications filed in Serbia

19,656 applications · 7.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 19,656 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Serbia. 7.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
19,656
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
18,200
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
7.4%
1,456 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
36.1%
6,579 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
23
Across 3 cities
Schengen states present
20
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Serbia, 2025

23 consulate posts run by 20 Schengen states across 3 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityBelgrade
Applications2,890
Issued2,678
Multiple-entry559
Refused7.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityBelgrade
Applications1,981
Issued1,829
Multiple-entry8
Refused7.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityBelgrade
Applications1,829
Issued1,740
Multiple-entry845
Refused4.9%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityBelgrade
Applications1,586
Issued1,458
Multiple-entry702
Refused8.1%
Schengen stateAustria
CityBelgrade
Applications1,405
Issued1,330
Multiple-entry625
Refused5.3%
Schengen stateHungary
CityBelgrade
Applications1,377
Issued1,208
Multiple-entry486
Refused12.3%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityBelgrade
Applications1,200
Issued1,121
Multiple-entry328
Refused6.6%
Schengen stateFrance
CityBelgrade
Applications1,091
Issued1,041
Multiple-entry92
Refused4.6%
Schengen stateGreece
CityBelgrade
Applications1,037
Issued1,020
Multiple-entry613
Refused1.6%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityBelgrade
Applications983
Issued949
Multiple-entry673
Refused3.5%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityNis
Applications722
Issued652
Multiple-entry288
Refused9.7%
Schengen stateHungary
CitySubotica
Applications706
Issued626
Multiple-entry292
Refused11.3%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityBelgrade
Applications536
Issued437
Multiple-entry90
Refused18.5%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityBelgrade
Applications513
Issued493
Multiple-entry435
Refused3.9%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityBelgrade
Applications443
Issued419
Multiple-entry91
Refused5.4%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityBelgrade
Applications399
Issued365
Multiple-entry94
Refused8.5%
Schengen stateCroatia
CitySubotica
Applications350
Issued266
Multiple-entry176
Refused24.0%
Schengen statePortugal
CityBelgrade
Applications235
Issued227
Multiple-entry35
Refused3.4%
Schengen statePoland
CityBelgrade
Applications160
Issued154
Multiple-entry60
Refused3.8%
Schengen stateRomania
CityBelgrade
Applications111
Issued88
Multiple-entry30
Refused20.7%
Schengen stateFinland
CityBelgrade
Applications97
Issued90
Multiple-entry53
Refused7.2%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityBelgrade
Applications5
Issued5
Multiple-entry3
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateSweden
CityBelgrade
Applications0
Issued4
Multiple-entry1
Refused

Applications filed in Serbia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications19,656
Issued18,200
Refused7.4%
Year2024
Applications18,149
Issued16,446
Refused9.4%
Year2023
Applications12,174
Issued11,096
Refused8.9%
Year2022
Applications6,572
Issued5,979
Refused9.0%
Year2021
Applications3,576
Issued3,351
Refused6.3%
Year2020
Applications2,576
Issued2,481
Refused3.7%
Year2019
Applications8,982
Issued8,633
Refused3.9%
Year2018
Applications8,572
Issued8,198
Refused4.4%
Year2017
Applications7,238
Issued6,192
Refused14.5%
Year2016
Applications6,756
Issued6,468
Refused4.3%
Year2015
Applications6,688
Issued6,368
Refused4.8%
Year2014
Applications7,080
Issued6,798
Refused4.0%
Year2013
Applications6,862
Issued6,240
Refused9.1%
Year2012
Applications6,225
Issued5,939
Refused4.6%
Year2011
Applications6,660
Issued6,011
Refused9.7%
Year2010
Applications10,487
Issued9,575
Refused8.7%
Year2009
Applications493,436
Issued477,921
Refused3.1%

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 Serbia, 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.