Shisha Singh-Balwinder Kour v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Shisha Singh-Balwinder Kour (Kour), a citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s (IJ) decision denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Kour failed to meet his burden of proving past persecution or a likelihood of future persecution because, among other things, he failed to provide sufficient evidence corroborating his testimony as to his identity. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (b)(1)(B)(ii), 1158(d)(5)(A)(i). The IJ appropriately found that given the significant problems with the driver’s license and photocopied passport pages that Kour presented, Kour failed to establish his identity adequately. While Kour offers on appeal a number of plausible arguments as to the inadequacies of his license, Kour asserted before the IJ only that his license was obtained by his uncle via a private agency. Kour likewise provided no explanation for his failure to produce more than photocopied pages…