Schengen visa applications filed in Thailand

264,190 applications · 6.2% refused · 2025

In 2025, 264,190 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Thailand. 6.2% of them were refused.

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

Applications
264,190
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
247,816
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
6.2%
16,374 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
52.4%
129,830 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
20
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
20
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Thailand, 2025

20 consulate posts run by 20 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityBangkok
Applications37,707
Issued35,457
Multiple-entry11,815
Refused6.0%
Schengen stateItaly
CityBangkok
Applications35,642
Issued34,416
Multiple-entry33,455
Refused3.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CityBangkok
Applications35,270
Issued33,817
Multiple-entry33,816
Refused4.1%
Schengen stateNorway
CityBangkok
Applications33,420
Issued30,847
Multiple-entry16,409
Refused7.7%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityBangkok
Applications26,989
Issued25,762
Multiple-entry5,144
Refused4.5%
Schengen stateSweden
CityBangkok
Applications17,886
Issued15,522
Multiple-entry2,180
Refused13.2%
Schengen stateSpain
CityBangkok
Applications15,307
Issued14,778
Multiple-entry1,172
Refused3.5%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityBangkok
Applications14,716
Issued13,390
Multiple-entry3,115
Refused9.0%
Schengen stateAustria
CityBangkok
Applications12,682
Issued12,128
Multiple-entry12,116
Refused4.4%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityBangkok
Applications10,319
Issued9,483
Multiple-entry2,894
Refused8.1%
Schengen stateFinland
CityBangkok
Applications8,334
Issued7,584
Multiple-entry438
Refused9.0%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityBangkok
Applications4,435
Issued4,015
Multiple-entry3,252
Refused9.5%
Schengen statePortugal
CityBangkok
Applications2,881
Issued2,695
Multiple-entry2,199
Refused6.5%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityBangkok
Applications2,337
Issued2,189
Multiple-entry204
Refused6.3%
Schengen stateHungary
CityBangkok
Applications2,081
Issued1,955
Multiple-entry776
Refused6.1%
Schengen stateGreece
CityBangkok
Applications1,881
Issued1,782
Multiple-entry381
Refused5.3%
Schengen statePoland
CityBangkok
Applications873
Issued620
Multiple-entry110
Refused29.0%
Schengen stateRomania
CityBangkok
Applications866
Issued848
Multiple-entry128
Refused2.1%
Schengen stateLuxembourg
CityBangkok
Applications344
Issued332
Multiple-entry195
Refused3.5%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityBangkok
Applications220
Issued196
Multiple-entry31
Refused10.9%

Applications filed in Thailand over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications264,190
Issued247,816
Refused6.2%
Year2024
Applications265,243
Issued247,611
Refused6.6%
Year2023
Applications270,504
Issued252,013
Refused6.8%
Year2022
Applications208,356
Issued189,420
Refused9.1%
Year2021
Applications32,575
Issued27,587
Refused15.3%
Year2020
Applications76,922
Issued70,252
Refused8.7%
Year2019
Applications337,607
Issued322,801
Refused4.4%
Year2018
Applications332,269
Issued319,729
Refused3.8%
Year2017
Applications304,054
Issued293,401
Refused3.5%
Year2016
Applications278,832
Issued268,551
Refused3.7%
Year2015
Applications255,319
Issued246,025
Refused3.6%
Year2014
Applications219,015
Issued209,737
Refused4.2%
Year2013
Applications233,218
Issued215,932
Refused7.4%
Year2012
Applications208,316
Issued189,535
Refused9.0%
Year2011
Applications191,021
Issued177,007
Refused7.3%
Year2010
Applications169,269
Issued157,489
Refused7.0%
Year2009
Applications144,446
Issued132,630
Refused8.2%

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 Thailand, 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.