Malta To Croatia, 10 Countries That Are Highly Likely To Reject Your Visa Application!

With summer vacations nearly here, there is a high chance that you are probably travelling for the holidays. And if this holds true for you, you might just be applying for a Schengen Visa. However, out of the 28 Schengen states, there are 10 that are highly likely to reject your visa. Yes, on the basis of the rejection rate based on the number of applications rejected in 2024, these countries are most likely to reject your visa.

Some Schengen Countries Have High Rejection Rates

As revealed in a report by Schengen Visa Info, about 11.7 million visa applications were submitted for all 28 Schengen states. However, out of all the received applications in 2024, 1.7 million of these applications were rejected. Yes, this means that there was an average rejection rate of 14.8 per cent! Going by their statistics, there were some countries that had a higher rejection rate in 2024.

Malta Has The Highest Rejection Rate

While every country rejected in some way, Malta ranked at the top with the highest rejection rate. Yes, with 16,905 rejections out of 45,578 applications received, this country had a rejection rate of 38.5% in 2024. So, it was recognised as the country with the highest rejection rate out of all the 28 states that received visa applications, the previous year.

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Top Countries To Know Of

Talking about the rejection rate for the top 10 countries, these are as follows:

1. Malta
   Applications Received: 45,578
   Applications Rejected: 16,905
   Rejection Rate: 38.5 per cent
2. Estonia
   Applications Received: 16,905
   Applications Rejected: 12,125
   Rejection Rate: 27.2
3. Belgium
   Applications Received: 255,564
   Applications Rejected: 61,724
   Rejection Rate: 24.6 per cent
4. Slovenia
   Applications Received: 18,171
   Applications Rejected: 4,417
   Rejection Rate: 24.5 per cent
5. Sweden
   Applications Received: 188,623
   Applications Rejected: 44,576
   Rejection Rate: 24 per cent
6. Denmark
   Applications Received: 132,158 applications
   Applications Rejected: 31,013
   Rejection Rate: 23.7 per cent
7. Croatia
   Applications Received: 42,165
   Applications Rejected: 8,003
   Rejection Rate: 19.3 per cent
8. Poland
   Applications Received: 111,538
   Applications Rejected: 19,277
   Rejection Rate: 17.2 per cent
9. France
   Applications Received: 3 million
   Applications Rejected: 481,139
   Rejection Rate: 15.8 per cent
10. Czech Republic
    Applications Received: 150,629
    Applications Rejected: 23,735
    Rejection Rate: 15.8 per cent

However, the next burning question is which country saw the highest rejections, isn’t it? Well, Pakistan and Bangladesh nationals were among those whose visas were rejected the most. With more than 62% being the rejection rate for these passport holders. Were you aware of these Schengen countries having the highest rejection rates?

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