Schengen Visa from Hong Kong SAR
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Hong Kong SAR took 15,837 short-stay decisions and refused 2.8% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Hong Kong SAR (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 0.4% | 1,969 | Hong Kong |
| 2 | Germany | 0.6% | 2,196 | Hong Kong |
| 3 | Italy | 1.8% | 2,901 | Hong Kong |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2.1% | 654 | Hong Kong |
| 5 | France | 3.3% | 3,714 | Hong Kong |
| 6 | Finland | 3.6% | 1,624 | Hong Kong |
| 7 | Belgium | 5.1% | 789 | Hong Kong |
| 8 | Switzerland | 5.8% | 939 | Hong Kong |
| 9 | Austria | 11.6% | 619 | Hong Kong |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (3)
- Czechia260 decisions
- Poland148 decisions
- Romania24 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 Hong Kong SAR is 11.2 percentage points — Spain refused 0.4% of the decisions it took, Austria refused 11.6%.
- Hong Kong SAR refuses 80.8% less often than the worldwide average — 2.8% against 14.6%.
- France handles the most applications in Hong Kong SAR — 23.5% of all decisions (3,714 of 15,837).
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.