# What is “Registration review”?

Registration review is the admin queue where pending registrations are approved, rejected or messaged, giving organisers a checkpoint before anyone becomes a member.

Also called: registration approval queue, pending registrations

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## Registration review in detail

Open sign-up is not always wanted. A closed conclave, a members-only conference or a government workshop needs a person to say yes. Registration review is the queue that makes this manageable. Each registration waits as pending in the admin panel with the details the applicant submitted. The reviewer approves, rejects or contacts the applicant, and the system can send a message with the outcome, such as a rejection reason or a request for missing information. Approval creates the membership with the role and groups the organiser assigns, so the new member lands in the right place. The queue also supports bulk handling when many applications arrive at once. It pairs with approval-based registration as the process and with guest lists and whitelist as the pre-approval alternative. A useful discipline is a turnaround target, since an applicant who waits a week for an answer will not trust the event's other promises. Report on approvals and rejections afterwards.

## How Sociana uses it

Registration review lives in the admin panel's member area. Approvals create members; communications and outcomes are logged for the occasion.

## Example

A members-only association conference reviewed registrations before admitting applicants into the app.

[Guest lists, whitelists & registration reviewWhere this term lives in the Sociana app.See how it works](https://sociana.in/features/guest-lists-and-approvals/)

## Questions

What can a reviewer do?

Approve, reject or message an applicant, with the outcome creating or withholding membership and optionally notifying the person. The reviewer approves, rejects or contacts the applicant, and the system can send a message with the outcome, such as a rejection reason or a request for missing information.

How is it different from a guest list?

A guest list pre-approves known people. Registration review handles open requests that need a human decision. It pairs with approval-based registration as the process and with guest lists and whitelist as the pre-approval alternative. Registration review lives in the admin panel's member area.

Can approvals be handled in bulk?

Yes. The queue supports handling several registrations at once when many applications arrive together. Report on approvals and rejections afterwards. Approvals create members; communications and outcomes are logged for the occasion. Registration review is the queue that makes this manageable.

## Keep reading

[Guest lists, whitelists & registration review](https://sociana.in/features/guest-lists-and-approvals/)[Member imports & profile fields](https://sociana.in/features/member-imports-and-profiles/)[Association & member events](https://sociana.in/event-types/association-events/)[Government & defence workshops](https://sociana.in/event-types/government-workshops/)[Approval-based registration](https://sociana.in/glossary/approval-based-registration/)[Whitelist](https://sociana.in/glossary/whitelist/)[Member import](https://sociana.in/glossary/member-import/)

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