Schengen Visa from Cyprus
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Cyprus took 12,693 short-stay decisions and refused 5.1% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Cyprus (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 0.5% | 1,412 | Nicosia |
| 2 | Hungary | 0.5% | 1,106 | Nicosia |
| 3 | Spain | 0.6% | 1,379 | Nicosia |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3.3% | 931 | Nicosia |
| 5 | Italy | 3.4% | 925 | Nicosia |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 4.1% | 853 | Nicosia |
| 7 | Germany | 4.4% | 1,783 | Nicosia |
| 8 | France | 4.7% | 1,628 | Nicosia |
| 9 | Greece | 6.0% | 1,361 | Nicosia |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (4)
- Romania411 decisions
- Finland381 decisions
- Poland319 decisions
- Portugal204 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 Cyprus is 5.5 percentage points — Austria refused 0.5% of the decisions it took, Greece refused 6.0%.
- Cyprus refuses 65.1% less often than the worldwide average — 5.1% against 14.6%.
- Germany handles the most applications in Cyprus — 14% of all decisions (1,783 of 12,693).
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.