Singh

MEMORANDUM ***

1. We have jurisdiction to review Petitioner Jagir Singh’s challenge to the adverse credibility finding, as his appeal directly challenged the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) adverse credibility finding, and the BIA affirmed the IJ’s adverse credibility findings. Aguilera-Cota v. INS, 914 F.2d 1375 , 1383 n. 8 (9th Cir.1990); Salaam v. INS, 229 F.3d 1234, 1238 (9th Cir.2000).

2. Because the IJ’s adverse credibility finding is supported by substantial evidence, Petitioner’s challenge to denial of asylum and withholding of removal fails. See Kaur v. Gonzales, 418 F.3d 1061, 1068 (9th Cir.2005); see also Kasnecovic v. Gonzales, 400 F.3d 812, 815 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that when substantial evidence supports an adverse credibility finding, denial of withholding of removal is appropriate if the discrepancies also go to the heart of petitioner’s withholding of removal claim.). The record provides substantial evidence to support the IJ’s conclusion that Singh’s various accounts of how and where he obtained his passport and visa were contradictory; the issue goes to the heart of his asylum claim because it concerns whether he really had left his home for fear of persecution…