Schengen Visa from Ireland
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Ireland took 30,371 short-stay decisions and refused 3.1% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Ireland (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 0.0% | 657 | Dublin |
| 2 | Austria | 0.3% | 1,256 | Dublin |
| 3 | Czechia | 0.5% | 824 | Dublin |
| 4 | Spain | 0.8% | 5,215 | Dublin |
| 5 | France | 1.3% | 5,578 | Dublin |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1.7% | 4,476 | Dublin |
| 7 | Germany | 4.1% | 5,149 | Dublin |
| 8 | Italy | 4.4% | 1,286 | Dublin |
| 9 | Portugal | 5.8% | 1,355 | Dublin |
| 10 | Belgium | 8.9% | 975 | Dublin |
| 11 | Finland | 9.2% | 763 | Dublin |
| 12 | Croatia | 11.8% | 635 | Dublin |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (9)
- Poland461 decisions
- Hungary381 decisions
- Bulgaria288 decisions
- Malta266 decisions
- Slovakia197 decisions
- Romania190 decisions
- Estonia146 decisions
- Lithuania140 decisions
- Latvia133 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 Ireland is 11.8 percentage points — Greece refused 0.0% of the decisions it took, Croatia refused 11.8%.
- Ireland refuses 78.8% less often than the worldwide average — 3.1% against 14.6%.
- France handles the most applications in Ireland — 18.4% of all decisions (5,578 of 30,371).
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.