Withdrawing a fiancé visa to apply for a spousal visa? (merged)

[India23 22]

Hi so over a year ago me and my fiancé filed a fiancé petition. Before it was approved he found a job in another country, the UAE. So we decided not to go the fiancé visa route and to get married in his home country of India. We plan to marry in March 2015, then return to the UAE. We will want to apply for a spousal visa soon after we are married. My question is do we need to withdrawal our old fiancé K1 visa petition before applying for a spousal visa?

[Pitaya 2,577]

This thread should give you some ideas of the petition withdrawal process. You fail to mention where you are in the process.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/511988-no-longer-together-how-to-withdraw-the-application/

[Sarah&Marc 22]

My husband and I did this as well. We contacted the NVC and were told to also contact the consulate and request to cancel the petition. We then filed for our CR1. Months later the consulate requested a copy of our marriage certificate so that they could close our old case.

[Penguin_ie 6,000]

**** two topics on the same issue merged. Please only post once with a question/ issue. *****

[India23 22]

Well the fiancé petition was approved after he got a job & had moved to the UAE. So we just didn't pursue it any further & from what I had read the petition itself expires after a few months does it not? So does that mean I need to still withdraw it to file a CR1?