More than 181,000 Schengen visa applications filed by Indians did not result in a visa being issued in 2025, according to statistics released by the European Commission. While India remained the world's third-largest source market for Schengen visas with more than 1.15 million applications, the data shows that visa outcomes varied sharply depending on the destination country, with some European nations recording non-issuance rates above 30%.
Indian applicants filed 1,153,748 Schengen visa applications during the year. Of these, 181,111 applications were not issued visas, resulting in an overall non-issuance rate of 15.8%.
