Schengen Visa from Ukraine
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Ukraine took 7,030 short-stay decisions and refused 10.7% — below the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Ukraine (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 5.2% | 1,025 | Chernivtsi, Solotvyno |
| 2 | Hungary | 7.0% | 2,731 | Uzhhorod, Berehove |
| 3 | Poland | 9.0% | 1,125 | Lviv, Lutsk |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 16.9% | 1,244 | Kyiv, Odesa |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (10)
- France489 decisions
- Estonia195 decisions
- Greece110 decisions
- Portugal34 decisions
- Slovakia31 decisions
- Lithuania19 decisions
- Latvia17 decisions
- Czechia6 decisions
- Spain3 decisions
- Germany1 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 Ukraine is 11.7 percentage points — Romania refused 5.2% of the decisions it took, Bulgaria refused 16.9%.
- Ukraine refuses 26.7% less often than the worldwide average — 10.7% against 14.6%.
- Hungary handles the most applications in Ukraine — 38.8% of all decisions (2,731 of 7,030).
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.