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Thank you for taking the time to reply. I did look back at the I-864 I filled out, and 132K is what I wrote for the line item for my current income. 🤔

@pushbrk, perhaps I am more dense than I believe myself to be or I am in some sort of cognitive feedback loop in my brain or missing something really obvious. I was given a W-2 for the work I did in the US, which, of course, shows how much was paid to me at my job in the US during 2023. It is just the straight up amount of money I was paid. That is roughly 60K. The schedule items 1-10 on my tax return added up to -37K. The end result is that the total income line item amount is $18K. This return was prepared professionally and was already processed and accepted by the IRS, so I am assuming that it is not agregiously off. I am just trying to figure out what could have triggered that warning message, and my best guess is that is that it was that $18K number.

@pushbrk, Thank you for the feedback. I guess I was using the wrong terminology when I said AGI. Some clarification: I actually did add up my total gross income for the line item on the I-864 application for total income, but still received that warning. I am guessing that the system they used looked at the adjusted number on my tax return because that is the only number that is lower than the stated fiscal requirements. I guess we will find out in a couple of weeks at the interview...

@pushbrk, I am in a similar situation as the OP. I make 132K a year at my current job in the US, the taxable income shown on my 2023 tax return was 13K because I worked half the year in Japan and half the year in the US and the foreign earned income tax credit drove the AGI down (currently working in the US, in reality I made 60K from working 4 months). I received the same warning message as the poster. Would showing my paystubs and YTD salary be sufficient for my wife's consular interview? Thank you. @RekYan if your spouse already had the interview, I would like to know how it went, if you don't mind sharing.