Schengen visa applications filed in Suriname

21,281 applications · 12.5% refused · 2025

In 2025, 21,281 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Suriname. 12.5% of them were refused.

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

Applications
21,281
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
18,616
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
12.5%
2,665 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
41.3%
7,694 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
2
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Suriname, 2025

2 consulate posts run by 2 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

Sort by
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityParamaribo
Applications20,949
Issued18,296
Multiple-entry7,632
Refused12.7%
Schengen stateFrance
CityParamaribo
Applications332
Issued320
Multiple-entry62
Refused3.6%

Applications filed in Suriname over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications21,281
Issued18,616
Refused12.5%
Year2024
Applications20,649
Issued16,952
Refused17.9%
Year2023
Applications19,891
Issued16,650
Refused16.3%
Year2022
Applications16,990
Issued13,373
Refused21.3%
Year2021
Applications3,140
Issued2,425
Refused22.8%
Year2020
Applications4,845
Issued3,992
Refused17.6%
Year2019
Applications22,641
Issued20,523
Refused9.4%
Year2018
Applications19,793
Issued17,984
Refused9.1%
Year2017
Applications19,082
Issued17,207
Refused9.8%
Year2016
Applications17,884
Issued17,115
Refused4.3%
Year2015
Applications19,031
Issued18,019
Refused5.3%
Year2014
Applications15,898
Issued14,902
Refused6.3%
Year2013
Applications16,798
Issued15,880
Refused5.5%
Year2012
Applications16,437
Issued15,413
Refused6.2%
Year2011
Applications17,465
Issued16,453
Refused5.8%
Year2010
Applications17,477
Issued16,502
Refused5.6%
Year2009
Applications21,306
Issued19,462
Refused8.7%

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 Suriname, 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.