Klodian Yzo, who states that he is a native and citizen of Albania, petitions this Court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen his asylum proceedings. On appeal, Yzo argues that the BIA erred by not reviewing the IJ’s finding that his application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), and relief under the United Nations Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”), was frivolous because there was no conclusive evidence that he knowingly fabricated material elements of his claim and he was not given an adequate opportunity to explain the discrepancies in his testimony.1 After careful review, we deny the petition for review.
We review the BIA’s denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. Li v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 488 F.3d 1371, 1374 (11th Cir.2007). The BIA abuses its discretion if it exercises that discretion in an arbitrary or capricious manner. Abdi v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 430 F.3d 1148, 1149 (11th Cir.2005).
The relevant facts are straightforward. On April 19, 2001, Yzo arrived in the United States, seeking entry under the Visa *890Waiver Program and requesting asylum under the INA and relief under the CAT. In June 2001, Yzo submitted an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT, alleging that, because of his membership in the Democratic Party (“DP”) in Albania, he and his family had suffered persecution and he feared future persecution.
At an initial hearing, Yzo was advised of the consequences of filing a frivolous application for asylum, and he swore that his application was true and complete. In proceedings before an IJ on January 11, 2002, a forensics expert opined that Yzo’s birth certificate was fabricated. Yzo then testified about various incidences of arrests and beatings, as well as his travels to various countries in which he never sought asylum. He also described his involvement with the DP in Albania, as well as his employment as a bodyguard and driver for the DP’s leader. Notably, during cross-examination, Yzo (1) changed his answers regarding the date he joined the DP; (2) gave inconsistent spellings of the name of the man for whom he alleged he had worked; and (3) gave conflicting testimony regarding an incident during which he claimed to have been beaten, the number of times he had been arrested, and, the dates of his prior arrests.
The IJ denied Yzo’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under CAT, and found Yzo’s application to be frivolous. The IJ ordered Yzo removed to Albania or to another country if Albania was not his true country of nationality. The IJ based its frivolity decision on these facts: (1) Yzo’s birth certificate was fabricated; (2) he admitted that most of his documents were not genuine; and (3) he gave inconsistent testimony concerning his participation in the DP and the details regarding his encounters with police. The IJ found that Yzo had not been truthful and noted that his testimony regarding his membership in the DP “is so basic to the claim that his changing the dates only diminishes the claim to asylum to an even weaker and weaker point.” The IJ concluded: “[mjerely the testimony and the lack of consistency is enough to show that this application for asylum is fraudulent,” and that “[h]e’s fabricating his answers within his asylum application.”
Yzo appealed the IJ’s decision to the BIA, arguing that his “somewhat inconsistent” testimony was not “substantial enough to justify the decision that the application was frivolous.... ” On October ’ 23, 2003, the BIA affirmed the IJ’s decision, finding that the record provided adequate support for the IJ’s finding that Yzo’s application was frivolous. The BIA noted that many of Yzo’s evidentiary documents were fraudulent and that his testimony lacked credibility with respect to material elements of his claim. Following the BIA’s order, Yzo did not file a petition for review with this Court.
Over three years later, in April 2007, Yzo, proceeding with a new attorney, filed a motion to reopen the proceedings, alleging, inter alia, that (1) new, material evidence was now available; (2) conditions in Albania had changed since the hearing; (3) his father had received new threats from Albanian government forces; and (4) his Albanian family feared for their lives. Yzo submitted telephone bills and a 2006 U.S. State Department report on Albania’s country conditions, in support of the motion to reopen.
On May 8, 2007, Yzo filed an amended motion to reopen and included various documents made available after the filing of the first motion. In the amended motion Yzo alleged that his previous counsel was ineffective for failing to submit important documents at his merits hearing, over three years earlier. He also asserted that *891after the BIA’s decision, he had hired a different attorney, who also provided ineffective assistance by failing to file a timely motion to reopen.
On May 25, 2007, the BIA denied Yzo’s motion to reopen. The BIA first noted that the motion to reopen was filed more than 90 days after the BIA’s final decision in 2003, and thus was time-barred. The BIA further noted that even if the motion was not time-barred, the BIA’s earlier finding that Yzo’s application for asylum was frivolous barred further consideration of his asylum claim.2 Thus, the BIA denied Yzo’s motion to reopen as to the asylum claim because neither the general conditions in Albania nor his allegation that his father had been threatened satisfied the standard for a motion to reopen, particularly in light of the IJ’s earlier finding, previously affirmed by the BIA, that Yzo was not credible. This petition for review followed.
Section 208(d)(6) of the INA provides that an alien who makes a frivolous application despite having received notice of the consequences of doing so, “shall be permanently ineligible for any benefits under the [INA].” 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6). The implementing regulation describes a frivolous application as one in which the IJ or the BIA, after first being satisfied that the applicant had been provided with an opportunity to account for discrepancies and implausible aspects of the application,3 finds that “any of its material elements is deliberately fabricated.” 8 C.F.R. § 1208.20.
Here, we discern no abuse of discretion in the BIA’s denial of Yzo’s motion to reopen, in light of the earlier frivolity determination as to his asylum application—a frivolity determination that is amply supported by substantial evidence in the record, including Yzo’s birth certificate, which the IJ found to be fabricated; Yzo’s own admission that some of his documents were not genuine; Yzo’s wholly inconsistent testimony on his participation in the DP and his encounters with authorities. Under 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6), Yzo *892was legally barred from receiving the relief he requested in the motion to reopen, that is, asylum. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.
PETITION DENIED.