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EU schengen states issued 14.2 million visas for 2018

EU has published schengen visa report for 2018. According to the report, an estimated 14.2 million uniform schengen visas, including multiple entry visas. In addition to visas issued at consulates, Schengen States also issued 66 000 uniform visas at the external borders.

 

Here is the quick summary.

 

  • France issued most schengen visas than any other schengen country (3.3 million visas), followed by Germany and Italy
  • EU schengen states received 16 million visa applications for 2018
  • Russians and chinese top the table for receiving schengen visas.
  • Chinese applying for schengen visas increased by 11.3% compared to previous year to  2.8 million applications
  • Despite Russia top country for schengen visas, number of applications in the Russian Federation,  decreased almost 5% to 3.7 million
  • Applications lodged in India surpassed the 1-million-mark for the first time, registering an increase of 17.4%
  • Malta, Belgium, Portugal have high refusal rates for uniform visas above 15%.
  • Worldwide, 9.6% of all visa applications were refused.
  • Schengen visa applications lodged in Belarus declined by 4.8%, Turkey  by 9.5%) and Algeria  by 8.8%)
  • Visa applications plunged from Ukraine by 73% due to new visa waiver for ukraine nationals.

 

Top countries

 

  1. France – 3.3 million
  2. Germany – 1.8 million
  3. Italy – 1.7 million
  4. Spain – 1.5 million
  5. Greece – 805K

 

Schengen visas issued in 2018

 

Top countries receiving schengen visas

 

  • Russia – 3.6 million
  • China – 2.8 million
  • India – 0.9 million

 

Top countries applying for Schengen visa

 

Schengen State Sum – Uniform visas applied Sum – Total uniform visas issued (including MEV) Sum – Multiple entry uniform visas (MEVs) issued LTVs issued (Local territory visas) Sum – Uniform visas not issued Refusal %
France 4010604 3345400 1030034 3311 629997 15.71%
Germany 2056296 1838775 1555031 30822 186699 9.08%
Italy 1844140 1703912 1234338 4346 135882 7.37%
Spain 1701379 1502696 659280 5871 157494 9.26%
Greece 855285 805115 595272 8157 42013 4.91%
Finland 769049 751358 670112 3052 13439 1.75%
Netherlands 682382 582344 459448 5441 86123 12.62%
Czech Republic 662902 630071 173259 1510 31206 4.71%
Switzerland 556520 487014 293960 28276 41230 7.41%
Poland 518003 501011 378243 1548 15423 2.98%
Lithuania 353059 346476 294862 150 4701 1.33%
Austria 306133 280847 154902 6188 19098 6.24%
Portugal 266516 221009 110999 1328 44179 16.58%
Sweden 253292 207643 57817 8591 29604 11.69%
Hungary 228793 210827 109647 204 17762 7.76%
Belgium 219827 173598 86522 913 36906 16.79%
Norway 164591 146526 32085 2560 15633 9.50%
Denmark 164003 149744 72905 154 11472 6.99%
Latvia 161709 157628 124273 83 3374 2.09%
Estonia 127561 125465 112768 48 2048 1.61%
Malta 32331 24931 7611 192 6611 20.45%
Slovakia 26797 25230 16610 450 1118 4.17%
Slovenia 26403 20171 18385 3600 2632 9.97%
Luxembourg 10876 10467 8265 8 401 3.69%
Iceland 9334 8856 2610 156 1.67%

 

Refusal Rate

 

Malta, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands have high refusal rates

The percentage of applications that were refused varied widely and ranged from less than 2% (Belarus, Indonesia and Russia) to more than 35% (Algeria, Central African Republic, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Nigeria and Senegal).

Worldwide, 9.6% of all visa applications were refused, 1.4 percentage points more than in 2017. 58% of visas issued in 2018 allowed for multiple entries into the Schengen area, a similar figure as 2017.

 

Top countries for refusals

 

  • Malta
  • Belgium
  • Portugal
  • France
Malta Refusal Rate
Refusal rate for uniform visas

 

Prabhu Balakrishnan
Prabhu Balakrishnan
Founder of Citizenship by Investment News. Chief Editor with over 15 years experience in PR and News publishing. He Loves writing about citizenship, residency and wealth migration. CIP Journal is a Leading publication founded in 2017 bringing latest news from CBI/RBI market.

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