Schengen Visa from Serbia
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Serbia took 19,452 short-stay decisions and refused 5.7% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Serbia (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1.1% | 1,626 | Belgrade, NIS |
| 2 | Greece | 1.1% | 1,033 | Belgrade |
| 3 | Austria | 2.1% | 1,370 | Belgrade |
| 4 | Czechia | 3.5% | 513 | Belgrade |
| 5 | Spain | 4.0% | 1,909 | Belgrade |
| 6 | Italy | 4.9% | 1,830 | Belgrade |
| 7 | Germany | 5.7% | 2,873 | Belgrade |
| 8 | France | 5.9% | 1,113 | Belgrade |
| 9 | Slovenia | 6.3% | 1,220 | Belgrade |
| 10 | Switzerland | 7.6% | 1,586 | Belgrade |
| 11 | Hungary | 11.5% | 2,072 | Belgrade, Subotica |
| 12 | Croatia | 16.9% | 865 | Belgrade, Subotica |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (7)
- Netherlands453 decisions
- Belgium383 decisions
- Portugal236 decisions
- Poland159 decisions
- Romania112 decisions
- Finland94 decisions
- Slovakia5 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 Serbia is 15.8 percentage points — Bulgaria refused 1.1% of the decisions it took, Croatia refused 16.9%.
- Serbia refuses 61% less often than the worldwide average — 5.7% against 14.6%.
- Germany handles the most applications in Serbia — 14.8% of all decisions (2,873 of 19,452).
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.