Jonny Benjamin Alvarado-Solis (Alvarado) seeks a petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s denial of his motion to reopen to rescind his 1996 in absentia order of deportation or, alternatively, to adjust status. The BIA’s decision is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Lara v. Trominski, 216 F.3d 487, 496 (5th Cir. 2000).

Alvarado urges that the motion to reopen to rescind the 1996 in absentia deportation order should have been granted because he never received notice of the deportation hearing. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that notice of the deportation hearing was mailed by certified mail to the address Alvarado provided and, thus, that the notice was sufficient. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1252b(c)(1) and (c)(3)(repealed Sept. 30, 1996); Matter of Grijalva, 21 I. & N. Dec. 27, 36-38 (BIA 1995). Accordingly, the BIA did not abuse its discretion in affirming the denial of the motion to reopen to rescind the 1996 in absentia deportation order. Lara, 216 F.3d at 496.

Alvarado next contends that the BIA erred in upholding the denial of his motion to reopen to adjust status based on relief that was not previously available, specifically, his wife’s recently approved I-140 visa application. He challenges the BIA’s determination that the motion to reopen to adjust status was untimely under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.23 on the ground that he never received notice of the deportation hearing. The argument fails for the reason previously stated.

The petition for review is DENIED.