Schengen visa applications filed in Turkmenistan

8,909 applications · 19.7% refused · 2025

In 2025, 8,909 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Turkmenistan. 19.7% of them were refused.

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

Applications
8,909
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
7,152
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
19.7%
1,757 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
58.7%
4,201 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Turkmenistan, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityAshgabat
Applications5,281
Issued4,029
Multiple-entry3,324
Refused23.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityAshgabat
Applications2,688
Issued2,381
Multiple-entry799
Refused11.4%
Schengen stateRomania
CityAshgabat
Applications940
Issued742
Multiple-entry78
Refused21.1%

Applications filed in Turkmenistan over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications8,909
Issued7,152
Refused19.7%
Year2024
Applications7,831
Issued6,803
Refused13.1%
Year2023
Applications6,029
Issued5,119
Refused15.1%
Year2022
Applications2,660
Issued2,281
Refused14.2%
Year2021
Applications150
Issued120
Refused20.0%
Year2020
Applications781
Issued711
Refused9.0%
Year2019
Applications5,456
Issued5,142
Refused5.8%
Year2018
Applications5,451
Issued5,309
Refused2.6%
Year2017
Applications5,236
Issued5,110
Refused2.4%
Year2016
Applications5,042
Issued4,894
Refused2.9%
Year2015
Applications6,124
Issued5,898
Refused3.7%
Year2014
Applications5,608
Issued5,490
Refused2.1%
Year2013
Applications4,888
Issued4,680
Refused4.3%
Year2012
Applications3,717
Issued3,619
Refused2.6%
Year2011
Applications3,026
Issued2,937
Refused2.9%
Year2010
Applications2,875
Issued2,734
Refused4.9%
Year2009
Applications2,073
Issued1,904
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 Turkmenistan, 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.