If you have been granted a visa, a sticker will be placed in your passport. Please check the visa sticker as soon as you have received it.

If your application has been rejected, you will receive a written explanation as to why it was rejected. You can appeal the decision.  

If you applied for a multiple visa without the necessary documentation or without qualifying for a multiple visa and decide to appeal this decision, you must confirm in writing that you do not want to use the visa you have been granted to proceed with the appeal. The issued visa will then be cancelled. 

If you want to know how visa applications are evaluated, you can look at the following documents: 

Visa practice for citizens in the green category.

Visa practice for citizens in the yellow category.

Visa practice for citizens in the orange category.

Visa practice for citizens in the red category.

You can also check your nationality directly through this page.