Your return was stopped at the very beginning of the processing pipeline waiting for you to verify your ID ... and once you did verify only then was the return released into the system for processing. Although the IRS goal is to process returns in 21 days or less it is not a promise or guarantee. Your return is stuck somewhere in the pipeline and eventually the return will be processed and/or the IRS will send you a notice again for more information. All you really can do is wait while the overworked understaffed IRS gets around to your return ... check the IRS site once a week until you see progress.
