Ji

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Rui Hua Ji (“Ji”) petitions for review of the BIA’s denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Where, as here, the BIA summarily affirms the IJ’s decision, we treat the IJ’s conclusions and reasoning as the BIA’s. He v. Ashcroft, 328 F.3d 593, 595-96 (9th Cir.2003). We review the IJ’s credibility determination, and ultimate decision denying asylum, under the substantial evidence standard. See INS v. EliasZacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). The same standards governing credibility determinations also govern the IJ’s determinations regarding the admissibility of documentary evidence. Zahedi v. INS, 222 F.3d 1157, 1165 (9th Cir.2000).

The IJ’s rejection of numerous documents offered in support of Ji’s application was not supported by “specific, cogent reasons that bear a legitimate nexus to the finding.” Id. The IJ expressed reservations about the presence of a California notary stamp on original Chinese documents, when it was apparent that the *998 stamp was placed on them to verify that the translations offered were for the actual original documents…