1,043,297 visas were issued, including 817,307 visas issued by Germany, 740,356 multiple-entry visas. Germany does not only have the highest rate of visa issuance
Germany, Slovakia, and Estonia were not the only countries with a high share of MEVs:Austria – 74.9% of 125,275Italy – 73.8% of 629,223Finland – 72.3% of 142,302
According to data from 2022, Germany rejected 16.2 percent of the applications it received. In contrast, rejection rates for all other European countries averaged 17.9%.