Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

We grant Kuldip Singh’s petition for review because substantial evidence does not support the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) adverse credibility finding. The IJ cited three reasons for finding Singh’s testimony not credible: (1) a discrepancy regarding the loss of his passport in Bahrain, (2) a discrepancy between Singh’s testimony that his father died of a heart attack and a letter claiming his father died of injuries sustained in police custody, and (3) a passport photo that contradicted Singh’s sup *565 posed testimony that he had always had a beard and worn a turban.

As to the passport discrepancy, the IJ did not explain how this issue impacts Singh’s asylum claim or what advantage Singh could possibly hope to gain by testifying he lost his original passport. The IJ therefore did not offer a “specific, cogent reason for any stated disbelief[.]” See Gui v. INS, 280 F.3d 1217, 1225 (9th Cir.2002) (internal quotation and citation omitted).

It is unclear from Singh’s testimony whether his father’s heart attack was related to the injuries his father sustained in custody, and thus it does not necessarily contradict the language in the letter. Moreover, Singh was never…