More than 25,000 Schengen visa applications submitted in Kenya were rejected in 2025, according to European Commission data. That outcome pushed Kenya’s visa rejection rate to 33.1%, which is more than double the global average of 14.6%. In total, applicants lodged 77,760 Schengen visa requests in Kenya during 2025. Of those, 25,227 did not receive a visa, placing Kenya among the countries with rejection rates significantly higher than the worldwide average. The European Commission’s figures reveal that outcomes varied sharply across consulates and member states. Applicants experienced vastly different results depending on which country’s embassy processed their documentation. “Applications submitted in Kenya were refused more often than the worldwide average in 2025 – 33.1 percent against 14.6 percent. Of 77,760 applications, 25,227 were turned down,” the Commission noted in its statistics report. Breakdown of Rejection Rates Across European Consulates in Nairobi Norway reported the highest not-issued rate among the Schengen consulates operating in Nairobi. The country declined 60.9% of applications, representing a steep increase from its 35.6% rejection rate in 2024. Sweden processed the highest volume of applications among the individual consulates, receiving 15,699 requests and recording a refusal rate of roughly 40%. Belgium and Hungary reported similarly high non-issuance...
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