Which Schengen consulate will say yes to you?
Every site ranking the "easiest Schengen country" is selling a visa service. We are not. These are the European Commission's own consulate returns for India, put in order: who refused how many, where, every year since 2009.
of the 1,153,748 Schengen visa applications lodged in India in 2025 were refused. That is 181,111 people.
Where the no comes from
Every Schengen state, coloured by the share of applications lodged in India that it refused in 2025. Teal is lenient, red is strict. Tap a tile.
The spread inside one country is often larger than the spread between countries: open a country page and look at its consulates.
Three ways in
Same data, three doors. Start with the one that matches your question.
By country
All 29 Schengen states, ranked for 2025 by how often they refused applicants in India, with multi-entry share and 17-year trend.
Open the country table →By consulate
The page that matters. The same state can be lenient in Mumbai and strict in New Delhi. Every consulate with 1,000+ applications, ranked.
See consulate odds →By city
New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Goa, Puducherry. Which consulates sit in your city and how each one decided in 2025.
Pick my city →Lowest refusal rate for applicants in India, 2025
Schengen states with at least 1,000 applications lodged in India, ranked by share refused. Full table with all states on the ranking page.
Numbers you can check, not opinions you have to trust.
Each May the European Commission publishes a spreadsheet listing every Schengen consulate on earth: applications received, visas issued, visas refused, multiple-entry share. We take the India rows, compute the rates from the counts, and change nothing else.
Tools that use the numbers
Small, free, no sign-up. They read the same 2025 data as the tables.
What a Schengen visa refusal costs an Indian family: fee and non-refundables calculator
Adds up the non-refundable Schengen visa fees (EUR 90 adult, EUR 45 child) plus your outsourcer service fee, insurance and other bookings to show what a refusal would cost, in INR at a rate you set.
Open →Schengen visa refusal odds by country and consulate (India, latest data)
Pick a Schengen state and one of its consulates in India to see the latest refusal rate, how it compares with the all-India average, the multi-entry share and how many applications it decided, from European Commission data.
Open →Schengen 90/180-day calculator: how many days can I still stay?
Enter your past Schengen stays and a planned entry date; the calculator applies the rolling 180-day rule (Article 2 Visa Code, Schengen Borders Code) and tells you the days used, days remaining and the last day you may stay.
Open →Guides, cited to the Visa Code
What the refusal letter means, what an appeal really involves, and what the fee, insurance and processing rules actually say. Each guide links its official source.
Austria tourist visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Austrian mission's official checklist for tourism Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Austria's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (21.6%).
Austria business visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Austrian mission's official checklist for business Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Austria's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (21.6%).
Austria family-visit visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Austrian mission's official checklist for visiting family or friends Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Austria's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (21.6%).
Greece tourist visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Greek mission's official checklist for tourism Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Greece's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (33.0%).
Greece business visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Greek mission's official checklist for business Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Greece's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (33.0%).
Greece family-visit visa from India: official document checklist (2026)
The Greek mission's official checklist for visiting family or friends Schengen visa applications lodged in India, item by item, with what each document is for under Article 14 of the Visa Code, and Greece's 2025 refusal rate for applications from India (33.0%).
Know your consulate's record before you book the appointment.
Enter your itinerary. We tell you which consulate must decide your file under the main-destination rule, and how often it said no last year.
Check my oddsSource: European Commission, "Visa statistics for consulates", 2009 to 2025 annual releases; figures cover uniform (short-stay, type C) visas applied for at consulates located in India, regardless of applicant nationality; airport-transit visas excluded from headline figures. Refusal rate = visas not issued / visas applied for, computed by us from the counts. Rankings use a floor of 1,000 applications. Last verified 2026-08-18. Full methodology. Download the CSV.