Schengen visa applications filed in Syria

3,216 applications · 30.3% refused · 2025

In 2025, 3,216 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Syria. 30.3% of them were refused.

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

Applications
3,216
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,241
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
30.3%
975 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
40.4%
905 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
6
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
6
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Syria, 2025

6 consulate posts run by 6 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGreece
CityDamascus
Applications2,235
Issued1,742
Multiple-entry769
Refused22.1%
Schengen stateRomania
CityDamascus
Applications526
Issued298
Multiple-entry57
Refused43.3%
Schengen stateAustria
CityDamascus
Applications279
Issued102
Multiple-entry40
Refused63.4%
Schengen statePoland
CityDamascus
Applications125
Issued63
Multiple-entry24
Refused49.6%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityDamascus
Applications36
Issued36
Multiple-entry15
Refused0.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityDamascus
Applications15
Issued0
Multiple-entry0
Refused100.0%

Applications filed in Syria over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications3,216
Issued2,241
Refused30.3%
Year2024
Applications5,003
Issued3,557
Refused28.9%
Year2023
Applications4,185
Issued2,246
Refused46.3%
Year2022
Applications1,277
Issued816
Refused36.1%
Year2021
Applications784
Issued332
Refused57.7%
Year2020
Applications157
Issued84
Refused46.5%
Year2019
Applications953
Issued641
Refused32.7%
Year2018
Applications643
Issued468
Refused27.2%
Year2017
Applications389
Issued234
Refused39.8%
Year2016
Applications377
Issued228
Refused39.5%
Year2015
Applications565
Issued385
Refused31.9%
Year2014
Applications360
Issued120
Refused66.6%
Year2013
Applications400
Issued205
Refused48.8%
Year2012
Applications5,302
Issued3,343
Refused36.9%
Year2011
Applications33,810
Issued23,989
Refused29.0%
Year2010
Applications42,724
Issued33,067
Refused22.6%
Year2009
Applications41,472
Issued31,922
Refused23.0%

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 Syria, 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.