Nations that are inclined to grant you a Schengen Visa based on your nationality.

As indicated by Schengen Statistics, Slovakia, Greece, and Switzerland emerge as the top three countries with a higher likelihood of approving Schengen visa applications, given their notably low visa rejection rates.

In particular, Slovakia exhibited a minimal rejection rate for ten nationalities, Greece for nine, and Switzerland granted positive responses to visa applications from six nationalities. 

Slovakia approved visas for individuals from Turkey, the UK, South Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, and China. Meanwhile, Greek authorities predominantly issued visas to Egyptians and Americans. The following is a concise compilation of countries of origin for visa applicants in 2022, experiencing the lowest rejection rates during this timeframe.

Turkey

In 2022, Turkish citizens, who ranked as the primary applicants for EU visas, encountered minimal rejection rates in specific countries such as Italy (7.14%), Luxembourg (7.41%), and Slovakia (9.55%). To elaborate, out of the 87,648 visa applications submitted to Italian consulates, approximately 6,259 were declined. In Luxembourg, the rejection rate was even lower, with 102 out of 1,377 requests facing denial, and in Slovakia, 180 out of 1,884 visa applications were not approved.

Russia

Poland, Latvia, and the Netherlands exhibited the most favorable acceptance rates for Russian applicants, with a total of 132 applications facing rejection out of 7,653 applications in total. To break it down, this meant that Polish consulates denied only 1.13% of visa applications from Russians, while Latvia and Dutch authorities had rejection rates of 1.75% and 2.09%, respectively.

India

Among the 1,861 individuals applying for visas from India, Iceland rejected only 5.48% of them, resulting in 102 denied applications. However, it's worth noting that the relatively low rejection rate in Iceland may be attributed to the smaller number of applicants. This is in contrast to Germany, a prominent destination for Indian applicants, where out of 76,352 visa applicants, 8,615 faced rejection by German authorities in 2022, equating to a rejection rate of 11.2%. Similarly, Switzerland, receiving a total of 106,025 visa applications from Indians, had a rejection rate of only 13.1%, totaling 13,984 denied requests.

Morocco

Morocco experienced the lowest rejection rate from Poland, with 9.09% of applications or 42 requests in total being declined. In contrast, Switzerland had a higher rejection rate for Moroccan applicants in the same year, rejecting approximately 13.1% of applicants, which accounted for 440 out of 3,356 applications. Additionally, Greek authorities maintained a relatively low visa rejection rate for Moroccans, with 22.1% of the total 782 applications receiving a negative response.

Algeria

In comparison to previous nationalities, Algerians have a higher rate of visa applications, leading to an increased rejection rate. In 2022, Polish authorities exhibited a greater tendency to grant visas to Algerians, with a rejection rate of 35%, resulting in 797 applicants being denied. Contrarily, Spanish consulates had a significantly lower denial rate for visa applications compared to other consulates. The rejection rate for 102,656 applications stood at approximately 38.9%, equating to 39,944 rejected applicants. Finland emerged as the third country with the fewest denials for applications from Algeria, rejecting 39.2%, or 205 out of 522 applications.

Saudi Arabia

In 2022, Finnish authorities did not reject any of the 89 visa applications submitted by Saudis, indicating a positive trend for applications from this nationality. Additionally, Austria and Switzerland demonstrated a minimal visa rejection rate for Saudi applicants, with rates of 1.78% and 2.42%, respectively, resulting in 297 and 628 rejections. Saudi applicants also experienced a low rejection rate from Spanish and Czech authorities, with only 2.5% and 0.33% of all applications being denied by these respective countries.

United Kingdom

British citizens encountered an extremely low rejection rate for visa applications submitted to Icelandic consulates, with only 13 applications, or 0.62%, receiving an unfavorable response. Likewise, Luxembourg and Slovakia demonstrated minimal rejections for applicants from the United Kingdom in 2022, specifically six and two, respectively.

Thailand

About 3.16 percent of applications filed by Thais were rejected by Swiss authorities in 2022, indicating that 1,165 requests were denied. In addition, 312 or 3.69 percent of Thai applicants to Austria received a negative response.

The rejection rate is higher from Danish consulates, which denied 14.38 percent of applicants, translating into 1,043 requests.

United Arab Emirates

Emiratis had a low visa rejection rate for applications filed to Belgium (15.9 percent), Poland (17.9 percent), and Germany (21.3 percent), translating into 673, 207, and 3,790 rejected applications.

This nationality was the third-largest one regarding denied visa applications for the year.

Tunisia

Poland (23.05 percent) and Portugal (23.22 percent) had the lowest visa rejection rates for Tunisians, while Norway rejected none of the two applications that were filed in 2022.

Egypt

Egyptian applicants were rejected the least when applying for Slovenian visas, as 6.6 percent of 512 applications received a negative response. The rejection rate among Egyptian applicants was also low at Greek consulates – 10.1 percent of applications, translating into 982 rejections. Sweden had rejected no visa applications from Egyptians in 2022, but that is not relevant as only one applicant was recorded.

South Africa

Slovakia rejected only one applicant from South Africa in 2022, while Hungary rejected around 23, taking the rejection rate to 2.74. However, regardless of the higher number of applicants, Greek consulates rejected only 3.1 percent of visa applicants from South Africa in 2022, translating into 371 applicants.

Furthermore, Czechia rejected a total of 20 applications, or 1.6 percent of total requests filed by South African applicants.

Philippines

Around 2.1 percent of applicants from the Philippines received a negative response from Greek authorities, indicating that only 190 requests were denied. The application rate was considerably higher for Filipino applicants to German consulates – 14,474 compared to 9,059, but the rejection rate remained low – 3.09 percent.

In addition, Slovakia denied five applications, accounting for 0.8 percent of all requests.

Kuwait

Only three applications out of 176 that were filed by Kuwaiti nationals to Malta were rejected in 2022, making the European country one of the least rejecting countries for this nationality. Norway, on the other hand, rejected no applications in 2022, but only seven requests were made.

However, the rejection rate for Kuwaitis was lower, especially from Italian authorities, who rejected only 3.3 percent of applications, which translates into 603 denied applications out of 18,130 requests.

Iran

Like applicants from Kuwait, those from Iran had a low visa rejection rate, at only 0.07 percent of applications, translating into 16 requests, were denied.

Slovenia had a slightly higher visa rejection – around 4.8 percent out of 493 applications while Portugal denied 93 applicants from Iran, taking the rejection rate to 14.8 percent.

Indonesia

Austria denied the fewest applications from Indonesia – around 16 out of 4,442 while the rejection rate was 0.36 percent. In addition, 0.62 percent of applicants to Greek consulates were rejected, translating to 17 denied applications.

Similarly, only two applications were rejected by Slovak authorities from 299 requests.

United States

Americans had the highest rejection rates out of all nationalities – Norway and Slovakia rejected no visa applications from Americans in 2022, while Latvia rejected only one out of 123 requests.

In addition, the rejection rate for Americans in Iceland is 0.49 percent – 17 out of 3,479 applications, while Greek consulates rejected 0.83 percent of American applicants, translating into 47 out of 5,694 requests.

Kosovo

Lithuania has rejected only 0.20 percent of applications from Kosovo, accounting for 12 denied requests, while Slovakia also had a similar visa application rate – 12 rejected applications accounting for a rejection rate of 8.89 percent.

Furthermore, 5.45 percent of applicants were rejected by Greek authorities, resulting in 502 rejected applications, while Italy rejected around 183 requests (4.53 percent).

Belarus

Finland rejected no applications from Belarus in 2022, while Czechia rejected six requests (0.58 percent).

France and Italy rejected more applications – 53 and 284 requests or 0.59 and 0.78 percent of all applications denied, respectively.

Kazakhstan

Kazakh applicants received no rejection from the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Norway, while Greek and Italian consulates rejected 2.14 and 5.67 percent of applications.

In addition, Estonia and Switzerland rejected around 60 and 184 applications, respectively, accounting for 6.07 and 6.09 percent in rejection rates.

Lebanon

Slovenia rejected only four visa applications from Lebanese applicants (1.77 percent), while rejection rates from Slovakia (10.58 percent), Greece (11.17 percent), and Switzerland (16.97 percent) were slightly higher than others.

China

Only four and two visa applicants from China were rejected by Slovakia and Iceland in 2022, accounting for 1.79 and 2.47 percent of rejected applicants from this country, while Finland rejected around 2.59 percent of applications, accounting for 33 rejected requests.