# Approve Mentee Stipends

After mentees submit their Expensify reports (see [Submit Expensify Report to Receive Mentorship Stipend](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentees/submit-a-report-to-receive-a-mentorship-stipend)), you, as an administrator, will receive a notification email from Expensify. To process the report, follow these steps:

1. **Open the Expensify notification email.**
2. **Click the “Approve” button** in the email to be directed to the Expensify page, where you can approve or decline the report.

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**Note:** pay stipends according to each mentee's geographical location. For details on stipend amounts allocated by region, see [Total Stipend Amount](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/mentorship/mentee-stipends/total-stipend-amount).
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#### Conditions for Declining a Report

You may **decline** a report in the following scenarios:

* **Incorrect Amount Filed:**\
  The mentee files for the wrong stipend amount (e.g., the total stipend is $3,000—paid in two installments of $1,500 each—but the mentee requests the full $3,000 in the first installment).
* **Incomplete Tasks:**\
  The mentee did not complete the tasks assigned to them.

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