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The Schengen area rejected 121,188 Indian visas this year, a report showed. The rejection rate stood at 18 per cent.
According to Schengen Statistics, Algerian nationals were refused Schengen visa applications the most in 2022, with a total of 179,409 visas not being issued with the total rate of not issued uniform visas reaching 45.8 per cent.
The list of top ten countries with the highest Schengen visa rejection rates for 2022 also included countries like Turkey, Morocco and Russia, which had 120,876, 119,346 and 68,753 visa applications rejected, respectively. In addition, the not-issued rate for uniform visas among these two countries was 15.2, 15.5 and 28.2 rejections, respectively.
Tunisia visa applications were rejected 48,909 times followed by the UAE at 42, 105.
The last three countries with the most rejections are Nigeria, Iran and Egypt, who had around 30,000 applications denied. More specifically, 39,189 visa applications were rejected from applicants from Nigeria, followed by 33,679 from Iran and another 31,271 in Egypt.
Indian students studying in Australian tertiary institutions can now work in Australia for up to eight years without requiring visa sponsorship. This is made possible by the Mobility Arrangement for Talented Early-professionals Scheme (MATES), which has opened 3,000 spots, as agreed upon in a recent bilateral agreement between India and Australia.
A total of 76,have applied for a Schengen Visa in India throughout 2022, taking the total amount of expenses for India’s Schengen visa application fees to more than EURO 6.1 million.According to the Schengen Statistics, 76,352 people have paid an EURO 80 fee for their visa application to Germany, with the highest amount being spent at the Mumbai consulate – a total of EURO 4.4 million followed by New Delhi and Bangalore consulates with almost EURO 1.1 million and EURO 508,000 spent on visa application fees, respectively, while the number of applicants to these consulates is 13,341 in New Delhi and 6,345 in Bangalore.
Data also revealed that 13 visas weren’t issued at the Bangalore consulate, taking expenses for these applicants to EURO 1,040, while the expenses for applicants that got their visa applications denied at the Mumbai consulate reached EURO 586,800 as a total of 7,335 visas not issued.
New Delhi saw 1,519 applications being rejected, amounting to EURO 121,520 in expenses lost, while Kolkata and Chennai saw three and five applications being rejected, with a loss of EURO 240 and EURO 400 in visa fees respectively.
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