Schengen visa - same visa good for training and tourism?

Hi all,

I live in the UK and have an ILR for the UK and married to a UK national.

I have a 2 yr schengen type c multi entry visa for schengen states.

I used this visa to visit few schengen countries on holidays recently.

Now with work related trip I need to go to another schengen country for training and I was wondering if the same visa stands good for the training/business purposes.

All it says on the visa is Type C- Multiple entry

Thanks in advance,

Did you get the visa for free because you are the family member of an EU citizen?

yes i got it for free being spouse of EU national

Does the visa indicate you are a family member of an EU citizen?

How long is the training and in which country?

no the visa doesnt state family member of EU citizen

the training is 2-3 weeks in germany

The answer is unclear.

The family likely should be travelling together.

But you can apparently not get a new visa because you have the unexpired old visa.

And in any case it is unlikely anyone will give you grief.

I would, for peace of mind, have the EU spouse keep their passport with them. This is a small continent. They could always, when called, fly out to the same city to enter with the non-EU spouse. Unlikely to be needed, but it may provide peace of mind.

thanks for the replies

i checked with couple of friends who went to germany on training on business schengen visa and it said the same thing on their visa sticker

all it had was type c - multi entry visa, no mention of business visa or not

so I suppose when the visa is issued you need specify whether ur frist trip is tourism or business and then during the validity of the visa, u can enter anyways and it should be good. does that sounds reasonable?

I, personally, would go ahead. But it is an unclear area.