Schengen Visa from Georgia
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Georgia took 10,538 short-stay decisions and refused 13.8% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Georgia (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 3.1% | 1,209 | Tbilissi |
| 2 | Switzerland | 5.4% | 773 | Tbilissi |
| 3 | Latvia | 10.6% | 663 | Tbilissi |
| 4 | Austria | 11.9% | 2,767 | Tbilissi |
| 5 | Germany | 19.4% | 540 | Tbilissi |
| 6 | France | 20.3% | 2,348 | Tbilissi |
| 7 | Italy | 33.9% | 548 | Tbilissi |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (8)
- Greece463 decisions
- Poland455 decisions
- Bulgaria243 decisions
- Estonia180 decisions
- Hungary138 decisions
- Lithuania104 decisions
- Czechia74 decisions
- Romania33 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 Georgia is 30.8 percentage points — Netherlands refused 3.1% of the decisions it took, Italy refused 33.9%.
- Georgia refuses 5.5% less often than the worldwide average — 13.8% against 14.6%.
- Austria handles the most applications in Georgia — 26.3% of all decisions (2,767 of 10,538).
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.