MEMORANDUM **

Elsa. Orellana-León and Ana Orellana, natives and citizens of Guatemala, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their motion to reopen proceedings held in absentia. We have *652 jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for abuse of discretion, Garcia v. INS, 222 F.3d 1208, 1209 (9th Cir. 2000) (per curiam), we deny the petition for review.

The BIA did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioners’ request for reopening sua sponte rather than remanding for the IJ to first address their request. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(d)(3)(ii) (“The Board may review questions of law, discretion, and judgment and all other issues in appeals from decisions of immigration judges de novo.”); see also Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430 (9th Cir. 1995) (“Any error committed by the IJ will be rendered harmless by the Board’s application of the correct legal standard.”).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.