Using multiple-entry 'turismo' schengen visa for business

I am an Indian national, currently living in the United States under a non-residence visa. I recently applied for and received a short-stay multiple-entry Schengen visa from the Italian consulate where I live and the visa explicitly states the visa type as "Turismo". I intended to use the visa to visit Milan as a tourist for a few days during Easter, with a short-stay in Geneva, Switzerland, for business purposes, and back to Milan for my flight back to the US.

However, due to several reasons, including the current security situation in Europe, I have had to shorten my stay in Milan. Therefore, I now want to land in Milan as originally intended, but instead of staying in Milan for tourism, I will be taking a train directly to Geneva for business and back to Milan a few days later for my flight back. I am thus essentially transiting via Italy.

Seeing as that the purpose of my visit has slightly changed, will this cause problems for me at Italian immigration?

Edit - I apologize for the confusion. My visa is of type 'multiple-entry'.

Best Answer

There is no such thing as pre-defined visa types or categories limited to certain purposes in the Schengen regulations. Furthermore, many things in the regulations and other associated documents clearly show that multiple-entry visas in particular are intended to cover completely different trips.

So I am not sure exactly what the Italian authorities are thinking when they add non-standard annotations like “turismo” but I see no legal basis for any restriction of your visa to certain purposes.

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