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## What's new

- **Invite a new applicant from `Manage Collaborators`.** When the person you want isn't in the
  search, select `Can't find them? Invite a new applicant` beneath the search box. Choose `Company`
  or `Individual`, enter their name and email address, and select `Send invite`. They get an email
  naming the application, with a link to set a password and register; the link expires in 7 days.
  Once they've registered they're added as a collaborator. An address that already has an account
  sends nothing and asks you to search for them instead.
  [Collaborating on an application](/applicant/collaborating) and
  [An application](/administrator/applications/an-application#collaborators) explain it.