Transmitted means your return has been sent to the IRS by TurboTax. Once pulled out of the queue, your return will change to a pending status. Your return will stay in a pending status until the IRS confirms basic information matches such as your name, social security number, and date of birth. The status should update in approximately 24-48 hours from the time it goes to a pending status but it could be longer until the IRS clears out the January backlog. For more information on the "pending" return status, please click here.