Schengen visa applications filed in Taiwan

1,728 applications · 9.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,728 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Taiwan. 9.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
1,728
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
1,558
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
9.8%
170 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
43.8%
682 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
11
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
11
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Taiwan, 2025

11 consulate posts run by 11 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityTaipei
Applications467
Issued428
Multiple-entry309
Refused8.4%
Schengen stateFrance
CityTaipei
Applications402
Issued334
Multiple-entry23
Refused16.9%
Schengen stateAustria
CityTaipei
Applications231
Issued221
Multiple-entry188
Refused4.3%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityTaipei
Applications164
Issued160
Multiple-entry38
Refused2.4%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityTaipei
Applications157
Issued134
Multiple-entry37
Refused14.6%
Schengen stateItaly
CityTaipei
Applications103
Issued89
Multiple-entry27
Refused13.6%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityTaipei
Applications75
Issued69
Multiple-entry16
Refused8.0%
Schengen statePoland
CityTaipei
Applications52
Issued51
Multiple-entry6
Refused1.9%
Schengen stateHungary
CityTaipei
Applications39
Issued35
Multiple-entry6
Refused10.3%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityTaipei
Applications35
Issued34
Multiple-entry31
Refused2.9%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityTaipei
Applications3
Issued3
Multiple-entry1
Refused0.0%

Applications filed in Taiwan over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,728
Issued1,558
Refused9.8%
Year2024
Applications1,540
Issued1,422
Refused7.7%
Year2023
Applications1,255
Issued1,158
Refused7.7%
Year2022
Applications710
Issued669
Refused5.8%
Year2021
Applications153
Issued137
Refused10.5%
Year2020
Applications291
Issued288
Refused1.0%
Year2019
Applications1,429
Issued1,353
Refused5.3%
Year2018
Applications1,417
Issued1,348
Refused4.9%
Year2017
Applications1,184
Issued1,123
Refused5.2%
Year2016
Applications1,082
Issued1,011
Refused6.6%
Year2015
Applications909
Issued881
Refused3.1%
Year2014
Applications1,098
Issued675
Refused38.5%
Year2013
Applications839
Issued705
Refused16.0%
Year2012
Applications669
Issued648
Refused3.1%
Year2011
Applications961
Issued930
Refused3.2%
Year2010
Applications197,586
Issued197,182
Refused0.2%
Year2009
Applications170,759
Issued170,475
Refused0.2%

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 Taiwan, 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.