Schengen visa applications filed in Kosovo

1,530 applications · 10.6% refused · 2025

In 2025, 1,530 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Kosovo. 10.6% of them were refused.

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

Applications
1,530
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
1,368
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
10.6%
162 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
92.1%
1,260 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
9
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
9
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Kosovo, 2025

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

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Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityPristina
Applications723
Issued699
Multiple-entry696
Refused3.3%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityPristina
Applications414
Issued385
Multiple-entry327
Refused7.0%
Schengen stateItaly
CityPristina
Applications136
Issued123
Multiple-entry110
Refused9.6%
Schengen stateGermany
CityPristina
Applications99
Issued38
Multiple-entry38
Refused61.6%
Schengen stateGreece
CityPristina
Applications95
Issued78
Multiple-entry62
Refused17.9%
Schengen stateSlovenia
CityPristina
Applications33
Issued25
Multiple-entry9
Refused24.2%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityPristina
Applications12
Issued9
Multiple-entry9
Refused25.0%
Schengen stateHungary
CityPristina
Applications10
Issued7
Multiple-entry6
Refused30.0%
Schengen stateFinland
CityPristina
Applications8
Issued4
Multiple-entry3
Refused50.0%

Applications filed in Kosovo over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications1,530
Issued1,368
Refused10.6%
Year2024
Applications1,499
Issued1,285
Refused14.3%
Year2023
Applications120,573
Issued64,184
Refused46.8%
Year2022
Applications121,972
Issued6,032
Refused95.1%
Year2021
Applications44,666
Issued2,293
Refused94.9%
Year2020
Applications24,566
Issued2,359
Refused90.4%
Year2019
Applications108,774
Issued7,555
Refused93.1%
Year2018
Applications90,840
Issued7,833
Refused91.4%
Year2017
Applications90,475
Issued11,002
Refused87.8%
Year2016
Applications77,796
Issued10,860
Refused86.0%
Year2015
Applications80,173
Issued5,839
Refused92.7%
Year2014
Applications74,285
Issued9,958
Refused86.6%
Year2013
Applications81,215
Issued6,812
Refused91.6%
Year2012
Applications21,506
Issued9,816
Refused54.4%
Year2011
Applications26,538
Issued10,552
Refused60.2%
Year2010
Applications39,746
Issued29,811
Refused25.0%
Year2009
Applications43,511
Issued28,371
Refused34.8%

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 Kosovo, 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.