Don't get mad at the IRS agent who could not give you any information that they did not have ... the IRS is shooting from the hip and making it up as they go along since all this was thrown together at the last minute with a hope and a prayer that it will work and the rules are changing faster than they can post them.
According to the IRS if your return, even an amended one is still processing then you will not receive the advance child tax credit payments. Go to topic Q B 12 as of June 30th there were 35 million US income tax returns that had not been processed and estimated only 3% of phone calls were being answered. Verify that here
