diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Helpers/ApiView-Helpers.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Helpers/ApiView-Helpers.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3be12566e239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Helpers/ApiView-Helpers.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+function MapLanguageName($language)
+{
+    $lang = $language
+    # Update language name to match those in API cosmos DB. Cosmos SQL is case sensitive and handling this within the query makes it slow.
+    if($lang -eq 'javascript'){
+        $lang = "JavaScript"
+    }
+    elseif ($lang -eq "dotnet"){
+        $lang = "C#"
+    }
+    elseif ($lang -eq "java"){
+        $lang = "Java"
+    }
+    elseif ($lang -eq "python"){
+        $lang = "Python"
+    }
+    else{
+      $lang = $null
+    }
+    return $lang
+}
+
+function Check-ApiReviewStatus($packageName, $packageVersion, $language, $url, $apiKey)
+{
+  # Get API view URL and API Key to check status
+  Write-Host "Checking API review status"
+  $lang = MapLanguageName -language $language
+  if ($lang -eq $null) {
+    return
+  }
+  $headers = @{ "ApiKey" = $apiKey }
+  $body = @{
+    language = $lang
+    packageName = $packageName
+    packageVersion = $packageVersion
+  }
+
+  try
+  {
+    $response = Invoke-WebRequest $url -Method 'GET' -Headers $headers -Body $body
+    if ($response.StatusCode -eq '200')
+    {
+      Write-Host "API Review is approved for package $($packageName)"
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      Write-Warning "API Review is not approved for package $($packageName). Release pipeline will fail if API review is not approved."
+      Write-Host "You can check http://aka.ms/azsdk/engsys/apireview/faq for more details on API Approval."
+    }
+  }
+  catch
+  {
+    Write-Warning "Failed to check API review status for package $($PackageName). You can check http://aka.ms/azsdk/engsys/apireview/faq for more details on API Approval."
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
index 2c7b61522048..eed113299a2e 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ param(
 Set-StrictMode -Version 3
 
 . ${PSScriptRoot}\common.ps1
+. ${PSScriptRoot}\Helpers\ApiView-Helpers.ps1
 
 function Get-ReleaseDay($baseDate)
 {
@@ -141,6 +142,26 @@ if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
   exit 1
 }
 
+# Check API status if version is GA
+if (!$newVersionParsed.IsPrerelease)
+{ 
+  try
+  {
+    az account show *> $null
+    if (!$?) {
+      Write-Host 'Running az login...'
+      az login *> $null
+    }
+    $url = az keyvault secret show --name "APIURL" --vault-name "AzureSDKPrepRelease-KV" --query "value" --output "tsv"
+    $apiKey = az keyvault secret show --name "APIKEY" --vault-name "AzureSDKPrepRelease-KV" --query "value" --output "tsv"
+    Check-ApiReviewStatus -PackageName $packageProperties.Name -packageVersion $newVersion -Language $LanguageDisplayName -url $url -apiKey $apiKey
+  }
+  catch
+  {
+    Write-Warning "Failed to get APIView URL and API Key from Keyvault AzureSDKPrepRelease-KV. Please check and ensure you have access to this Keyvault as reader."
+  }
+}
+
 if ($releaseTrackingOnly)
 {
   Write-Host