Okay, so an update for me guys, I literally JUST got home from doing my ID verify at my local IRS office, the man that did it said he "pushed it through" and WMR should soon update to the middle, processing, status. He also said that they tell everyone who has to do this ID verify BS that it can take up to 9 more weeks for my refund to be directly deposited into my bank account, but it shouldn't take that long.. Clearly people are still having to wait a fee weeks once they do the verification, so who knows, maybe it will be 9 more weeks, UGH!!!! This is ABSURD! I asked why this is happening this year to so many people, he said it's totally random and its thousands of people, simply to catch scammers and fraudulent returns. Literally all this man looked at among my paperwork/ID/birth certificate etc was my printed out copy of my return and my driver's license. That's it. It was really stupid. Took 15 minutes. And now to wait.. and wait.. :( I hope this helps some!! I'll update again if anything changes.