Singh

MEMORANDUM **

Joga Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immi *935 gration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Where, as here, the BIA affirms without opinion, we review the IJ’s decision. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence an adverse credibility determination. Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001). We deny the petition for review.

The IJ properly denied Singh’s asylum claim because substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility finding. The IJ based his adverse credibility finding on, among other things, inconsistencies between Singh’s testimony and asylum interview on matters that go to the heart of his claim, including the length of time he was detained by police. See Chebchoub, 257 F.3d at 1043 .

Singh’s contention that the IJ improperly faulted him for not providing corroborating evidence lacks merit, because the IJ only required Singh to submit corroborating evidence that Singh stated he could…