"I filed my return already and it was accepted, not yet approved- " if your return was e-filed and accepted, then this means that there is not an IP PIN on the dependents, or the e-file would have been rejected. There is no IRS status of "approved".
Based on what you have said, your return is apparently being processed by the IRS. In this case, if you are expecting a refund, you can track it by going to Where's My Refund at the IRS website.
If a taxpayer is in a contest with another taxpayer on claiming a dependent, then you should file as soon as possible, since the e-file accepting process will reject any return with the same SSN after the first one was accepted.
Note that if the dependents get an IP PIN but you don't know them or have lost/forgotten them, you can still paperfile the return - the dependents' IP PINs are not required in this case (yours still is required, of course).
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