The Schengen visa statistics for 2022 are out. Indian travellers filed over 6 lakh visa applications in 2022–the third highest in the world, but also faced a steep rejection rate of 18%. Estonia, Malta and Slovenia rejected the highest percentage of Schengen visa applications from India last year, while Germany, Italy and Hungary were most accommodating. Here are the details:
How did Schengen visa applications from India perform?
As per data by Schengen Visa Info, a website that reports on the matter, Estonia rejected the highest share of visas from India in 2022, canning 56% of 1,986 applications. Malta declined 506 of 1,220 visas at a 45% rejection rate. Slovenia rejected 44.5% of 2,732 visas.
Going by volume, a different set of countries end up rejecting a higher number of visas. In 2022: Switzerland rejected 13,984 of 1,06,025 visas, though the country’s overall rejection rate was significantly lower than the average at 13%. France rejected 19.9% or 27,681 of 1,38,643 visas and Spain declined 14,852 or 18.5% of 80,098 visas. Austria rejected 5,945 of 24,791 visas at a 24% rejection rate, while Greece rejected 34.7% or 9,118 of 27,457 and Portugal turned down 1,593 of 5,326 visas (29.9%). Sweden got 27,775 applications, and rejected 5,110 or 18.7% of .them.
