    KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.          Iftikhar Malik petitions for review of a Board of

Immigration Appeals order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and

relief under the Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition.

       Malik, a Pakistani citizen, entered the United States with a fake Dutch passport in 1994.

He married a United States citizen in 1997, and applied for adjustment of status on that ground in

2002. In 2004, USCIS denied that application and brought removal proceedings against Malik.

The immigration judge gave Malik the opportunity to apply for asylum, and he submitted an

application for asylum and withholding of removal in 2005. The application left many critical

sections blank, however. After Malik’s wife passedwas beaten by

Rajkhans; but in an affidavit he submitted with his applications he said he did not. Malik neither

restored his credibility nor supported his applications with independent evidence. We therefore

have no basis to set aside the Board’s credibility determination or its consequent denial of relief.

       Malik also says that he is entitled to relief because his wife and children—who are United

States citizens—fear persecution and torture as westerners in Pakistan. But as citizens, Malik’s

wife and children may remain in the United States, which means that Malik is not entitled to

relief on their behalf—notwithstanding the admitted hardship of separation.           See Dieng v.

Holder, 698 F.3d 866, 876-77 (6th Cir. 2012). Malik himself testified that he