# Badge Status

In the process of getting a badge, the badge can go through four different stages:

:mag: **Pending/ in review**

> This status lasts from the moment the user applies for the badge, until it finishes the curation period.

:checkered\_flag: **Ready** 

> This status means the badge was approved and it is ready to be claimed. Status lasts from approved until the badge was claimed by its owner.

:white\_check\_mark: **Claimed**

> This status means that the badge was claimed and it is in possession of the wallet’s owner.

:scales: **Challenged**

> The badge is in the arbitration process, and it will stay there until jurors make a final decision.\
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> If the badge is approved, it will change its status either to “ready” or in case it was already claimed, it will go back to claimed status.