Hello aspirant,

A status of Pending Approval indicates that your application has been reviewed and is ready to be approved, but due to some reason it is in pending list.

The " Pending " status, means that your application has been successfully submitted, but is awaiting documentation from your designated recommenders or references.

Once the recommender submits their documentation, your application will move into " Submitted " status.

You can check status in the portal of particular stream.

Hope this helps you

All the best for your future