Schengen visa applications filed in Tanzania

16,227 applications · 19.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 16,227 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Tanzania. 19.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
16,227
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
13,016
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
19.8%
3,211 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
43.6%
5,678 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
9
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
9
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Tanzania, 2025

9 consulate posts run by 9 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateGermany
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications3,910
Issued2,875
Multiple-entry2,862
Refused26.5%
Schengen stateFrance
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications3,100
Issued2,378
Multiple-entry221
Refused23.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications2,166
Issued1,928
Multiple-entry290
Refused11.0%
Schengen stateItaly
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications1,986
Issued1,883
Multiple-entry959
Refused5.2%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications1,398
Issued1,297
Multiple-entry418
Refused7.2%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications1,359
Issued1,006
Multiple-entry607
Refused26.0%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications1,237
Issued933
Multiple-entry264
Refused24.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications565
Issued372
Multiple-entry29
Refused34.2%
Schengen stateFinland
CityDar Es Salaam
Applications506
Issued344
Multiple-entry28
Refused32.0%

Applications filed in Tanzania over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications16,227
Issued13,016
Refused19.8%
Year2024
Applications14,572
Issued11,537
Refused20.8%
Year2023
Applications13,030
Issued10,407
Refused20.1%
Year2022
Applications10,144
Issued8,119
Refused20.0%
Year2021
Applications2,684
Issued2,230
Refused16.9%
Year2020
Applications2,463
Issued1,876
Refused23.8%
Year2019
Applications13,270
Issued10,920
Refused17.7%
Year2018
Applications12,035
Issued10,103
Refused16.1%
Year2017
Applications11,315
Issued9,734
Refused14.0%
Year2016
Applications10,221
Issued9,112
Refused10.9%
Year2015
Applications12,054
Issued11,095
Refused8.0%
Year2014
Applications11,532
Issued10,530
Refused8.7%
Year2013
Applications11,155
Issued10,120
Refused9.3%
Year2012
Applications10,795
Issued9,712
Refused10.0%
Year2011
Applications10,660
Issued9,431
Refused11.5%
Year2010
Applications10,170
Issued9,510
Refused6.5%
Year2009
Applications10,003
Issued8,997
Refused10.1%

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 Tanzania, 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.