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Abdul KARIM, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 05-61187
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Jan. 25, 2007.
    
      Sarfraz Aftab Sharif, Sharif & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.
    Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, John S. Hogan, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Hipólito Acosta, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Houston, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
    Alberto R Gonzales, Washington, DC, pro se.
    Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Abdul Karim, a native and citizen of Pakistan, appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denial of his motion for reconsideration of his removal proceedings. Karim argues that the BIA erred when it denied his motion for reconsideration, in which he sought an adjustment of status based on a pending visa petition for alien worker status.

We apply an abuse of discretion standard when we review motions to reconsider immigration proceedings. Singh v. Gonzales, 436 F.3d 484, 487 (5th Cir.2006). The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Karim’s motion for reconsideration, as the record reflects that Karim had not supplied the BIA with the requisite documentation to obtain an adjustment of status. See United States v. Ryan-Webster, 353 F.3d 353, 355 (4th Cir.2003); 8 U.S.C. §§ 1153(b), 1255(a).

Karim contends that his due process rights were violated because the BIA rejected his eligibility for an adjustment of status. We review due process challenges arising from deportation proceedings de novo. Anwar v. INS, 116 F.3d 140, 144 (5th Cir.1997). Given Karim’s failure to comply with the statutory prerequisites for obtaining adjustment of status on his alien worker petition, he cannot show that his constitutional rights were violated by the BIA’s denial of his motion to reconsider his removal proceedings. See Assaad v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 471, 475 (5th Cir.2004).

Karim has filed a motion to remand his petition to the BIA for reconsideration based on the approval of his 1-140 petition. Although Karim has also attached an I-485 form, he fails to provide any evidence that the form has been approved. The BIA was not privy to these documents, and, moreover, Karim still has not satisfied the final requisite steps for obtaining adjustment of status. See Ryan-Webster, 353 F.3d at 355-56.

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED; MOTION FOR REMAND DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.