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SPAIN is the EU country second most likely to refuse a visa application, according to applicants and EU data. Social media platforms have become a haven for applicants to vent their rage at Schengen countries for what they perceive as ‘merciless’ refusal of their applications. Recent statistics released for 2022 indicate that Schengen countries collectively rejected 17.9% of the 7,572,755 visa applications submitted worldwide.

Spain followed France in a close second in rejecting 227,712 applications out of nearly 1,250,000 applications - or 10%.

France recorded the highest number of rejected applications, with 408,876, out of just under two million - or around 20%.