You can adjust the following application settings on the applicant portal from Settings > General > Application process.
Approval
You can choose to have submitted applications approved automatically, or approved manually.
Changes
Allow re-submission of submitted applications
Allow re-submission of approved applications
Allow re-submission of rejected applications
Require admin approval at re-submission
Status display
Show approved status on the applicant portal
Show rejected status on the applicant portal
Allow re-submission of submitted applications
Mark this checkbox if you want to allow people to make modifications to their applications after they've submitted them, when the application status is "submitted". Any changes made to an application reverts its status to "draft" until the applicant re-submits it - at which point the status becomes "submitted" again.
Allow re-submission of approved applications
Mark this checkbox if you want to allow people to make modifications to their applications after you've already approved them, when the application status is "approved". Any changes made to an application reverts its status to "draft" until the applicant re-submits it - at which point the status becomes "submitted" so you can approve or reject it.
Allow re-submission of rejected applications
Mark this checkbox if you want to allow people to make modifications to their applications after you've rejected them, when the application status is "rejected". Any changes made to an application reverts its status to "draft" until the applicant re-submits it - at which point the status becomes "submitted" so you can approve or reject it.
Show approved status on the applicant portal
Mark this checkbox if you want to allow people to see the status of their applications after you've approved them.
Show rejected status on the applicant portal
Mark this checkbox if you want to allow people to see the status of their applications after you've rejected them.
Allow withdrawal via applicant portal
Turn this on if you wish to allow people to be able to withdraw their applications by cancelling them via the applicant portal.