Corroboration Requirements

659 F.3d 762 (9th Cir. 2011) · 2011

IJ must provide notice and opportunity to explain before drawing adverse inference from failure to produce corroborating evidence; due process requires applicants have a fair chance to address corroboration deficiencies.

29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025) · 2025

(1) A respondent's nonresponsive and evasive testimony, including when related to corroboration, supports an adverse credibility determination. (2) A lack of corroboration may be an independent basis to find that a respondent has not met the burden of proof to establish a claim for asylum or withholding of removal.

Affirms that corroboration failure can independently doom an asylum claim even without an express adverse credibility finding.