Hello everyone,
I am currently a UK resident, with a Tier 1 Visa valid till December 2015. I recently applied for a schengen visa through the Italian embassy and I got my visa valid for 1 month. I was scheduled to go away for a week to Italy in July for a week, but unfortunately I fell sick ( I suffer from Chron's disease and I had a really bad episode) and I had to cancel my trip (I lost the fee for the airlines but I managed to cancel my hotel booking). Now I would really like to travel to Spain with my wife. (which was part of the original plan), but I am not sure if I can since I never entered Italy in the first place. It's only for a weekend.
There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinions around. Some say that it doesn't matter which country I enter through as the Schengen visa is valid for all schengen states and they cannot prove that I did not visit Italy (I could have driven through from Spain to Italy or caught a train and there is no immigration stamping). Other say that they can indeed identify that I have not been to Italy and reject my next Schengen Visa application on the basis that I misused my original Italian issued schengen visa.
I would very much appreciate any advice or guidance in this regard. Which embassy should I speak to and get this clarified?
Regards
Alex
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