Embassies and consulates in Azerbaijan

Outside Baku, missions are found in Ganja (2) and Nakhchivan (2); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 21 can enter visa-free, 9 get a visa on arrival, 76 need an e-Visa, 91 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Azerbaijan.

Schengen consulates in Azerbaijan received 104,143 short-stay visa applications in 2025, the 26th highest number of any country, and issued 93,381 visas. 9.8% of applications were refused (worldwide: 14.6%). That is barely different from 2024 (9.7%). Applications rose by 15% compared with 2024 (90,634).

Most applications went to France (24,236), Germany (22,879), Italy (17,942) and Hungary (6,717).

Among the states with at least 500 applications, the lowest refusal rate was Greece’s (3.0%) and the highest Bulgaria’s (26.1%). The sharpest rise since 2024 was at the consulates of Slovakia (+17.9 points), the largest fall at those of Greece (−6.5 points).

Bulgaria and Romania began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so their 2024 figures cover part of the year. The numbers include every nationality applying in Azerbaijan.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 11,015 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Azerbaijan, the 75th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Visitor visas (B1/B2) made up 77%, student visas 9% and diplomatic and official visas 6%. The total was about the same in fiscal year 2024.

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Azerbaijan received 4,236, about as many as in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 20.9% for citizens of Azerbaijan in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 21.5%).

In the other direction, Azerbaijan runs 70 missions in 56 countries. Its largest networks are in Germany (3), Slovakia (3), Turkey (3), Austria (2) and Georgia (2).

Where the embassies are

All 58 embassies are in the capital, Baku. Iran has the most missions in Azerbaijan, 3, followed by Turkey (3), Germany (2) and Georgia (2).

Travel advice for Azerbaijan

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Azerbaijan: the US State Department rates Azerbaijan at Level 3, reconsider travel (updated 27 April 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advises against all travel to parts of Azerbaijan (updated 23 October 2026) and the German Foreign Office has a partial travel warning (Teilreisewarnung) for parts of Azerbaijan (updated 15 October 2026). Each ministry writes for its own citizens.