So, for most applications right from AOR, the BG check reads “we are processing your background check”. Trends say that’s False IP2. IP1 begins when the status reads “Your application is in progress....”. Then, background checks actually begin (Real IP2) when it changes to “we are processing your background check....”. Now, none of these terms are official, they are just what applicants have coined over the years.
For me, it changed to IP1 after I got ADR to pay RPRF. It had been in False IP2 before now.