Holiday travel on Business Schengen Visa

[gaurav0098]

Hi All,

I am an Indian and I have a one year Business Visit Visa (Type C) Schengen visa issued by German Embassy. Prior to this I already had 4 Schengen visa stamped on my passport and a lot of travel to Germany/Netherlands/France and back to UK.

I want to visit Netherlands for holidays and really confused if I need to apply for separate visa at Dutch Embassy now. This business visit visa is valid till Oct 2016 hence no problem with the validity and I have already travelled to Germany on this visa 2-3 times since it was issued.

I don't want my visa application to be rejected cause I already have visa or returned back from Netherlands immigration cause the purpose of the visit is different. Hence, it would be really helpful if some one can guide me in this matter.

Regards,

Gaurav Arora

[cs95tdg]

No, you don't need to apply for a separate visa. So long as you have sufficient days left on your existing valid type C schengen visa, you are good to go.

I had a similar query a couple of years ago. Response from the schengen helpline below for reference.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/europe ... 53662.html