The Netherlands is one of the most popular destinations for Schengen visa applicants. Every year, the country receives thousands of applications.
According to statistics published by Schengen Visa Info, the Netherlands received 669,291 visa applications in 2023, and Turkish nationals were the main applicants, Schengen.News reports.
However, data collected between 2018 and 2023 reveals that the main countries of origin for applicants have fluctuated over the last six years. It is evident that Indians, Chinese and Turks were top applicants before the pandemic, while in 2020 and 2022, Filipinos filed most Schengen visa applications to the Netherlands.
In correct order, the main visa applicants to the Netherlands between 2018 and 2023 are:
1. Indians, with 337,628 visa applications filed
2. Turks (330,851)
3. Filipinos (245,014)
4. Chinese (226,245)
5. Indonesians (179,318)
In the article below, Schengen.News has delved deeper into which nationalities have repeatedly applied for Schengen visas to the Netherlands between 2018 and 2023, which would include the two-year period prior to the pandemic, during and the post-pandemic years.
Indians Are The Top Visa Applicants to the Netherlands for the Last 6 Years
According to data published by Schengen Statistics, Indians are the leading visa applicants for Netherlands visas between 2018 and 2023. During this six-year period, Indian applicants have filed 337,628 visa applications.
One of the reasons why Indians have emerged as top visa applicants can be related to the large number of visa applications that Indians used to file before the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating 2018 and 2019.
Indians filed 80,244 applications in 2018, which is 7.8 per cent less than the Chinese who filed 74,408. The same pattern occurred in 2019 when Indians filed 93,812 visa applications while Chinese, as the second-largest applicant group, filed 85,859 – which is a decrease of 9.2 per cent.
Source: https://schengen.news/these-are-5-nationalities-that-have-historically-applied-the-most-for-netherlands-visa/
