question on validity of schengen tourist visas

[argyle_estate]

I live in UK and I will be taking my parents (indian national) for holidays in Europe when they visit me in the summer. We intend to make 3 trips from the UK and accordingly requested multiple entry visa from Italian consulate in India.

My parents have received multiple entry visas, starting from the date of entry of the first trip, but the validity of the visas expire before the 3rd trip. This has left us in a quite tricky situation. we submitted all required documents and were hoping to receive the visas with correct validity. The planned trip is total stay of 16 days within a 60 day period from the first entry - this is well within the the permissble limit of the the short stay tourist visa.

I was wondering if there is any process to request reconsidertaion of the application / extension of the visas?

if the above is not possible, is there any merit of making a new application (considering there is already a valid visa covering a part of the trip).

please can anyone advise?

[toofan]

hi A VALID SCHENGEN VISA CAN NOT BE amended or rectified .
you have to make new application and explain them the reason.

[argyle_estate]

but can a second visa application be submitted whilst the first one is valid?

e.g current valid visa from 15th May to 30th June

can i apply for a second visa from 1st July to 15th July?

if so, do i need to apply for new visa from 15th May to 15th July?

or from 1st July to 15th July?

[toofan]

the point is you can not have two valid Schengen visa's at same time.

[toofan]

you have to apply for new visa they will cancel old and issue another .

[argyle_estate]

Thanks for the response.
update: we were about to submit a new application but consulate have now decided to issue new visas free of charge. we will submit the passports tomorrow. fingers crossed.