Schengen Visa from Belarus
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Belarus took 156,444 short-stay decisions and refused 2.3% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Belarus (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 0.4% | 50,914 | Minsk |
| 2 | Hungary | 1.2% | 14,292 | Minsk |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 1.4% | 5,564 | Minsk |
| 4 | Slovakia | 1.4% | 1,100 | Minsk |
| 5 | Romania | 2.1% | 1,320 | Minsk |
| 6 | Germany | 2.6% | 42,728 | Minsk |
| 7 | Poland | 4.1% | 20,820 | Minsk, Grodno, Brest |
| 8 | France | 4.2% | 14,361 | Minsk |
| 9 | Latvia | 8.5% | 1,112 | Vitsyebsk |
| 10 | Lithuania | 11.2% | 4,128 | Minsk |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (2)
- Czechia103 decisions
- Estonia2 decisions
Fewer than 500 decisions in 2025 — a rate from this few cases is not meaningful.
What the 2025 numbers show
- The gap between the lowest and highest refusal rate in Belarus is 10.8 percentage points — Italy refused 0.4% of the decisions it took, Lithuania refused 11.2%.
- Belarus refuses 84.2% less often than the worldwide average — 2.3% against 14.6%.
- Italy handles the most applications in Belarus — 32.5% of all decisions (50,914 of 156,444).
These are aggregate outcomes for 2025. They describe what consulates decided across all applicants and do not predict the outcome of any individual application.
More from the same dataset
See the full interactive ranking or browse the refusal-rate index for every country.
Source: European Commission — Schengen visa statistics for consulates, 2025. Refusal rate = not issued ÷ decisions taken (uniform visas issued + LTVs issued + not issued). Short-stay (uniform) Schengen visas only. Excludes national long-stay visas. Figures are keyed by country of application — where the consulate sits — not applicant nationality.