Laravel 5 mysql query ->when condition

My query looks like this at the moment, it should work.

$status = 'active';

$data = DB::table('applicant')
->when($status, function($query) use ($status){
return $query->where('Status', $status);
->get();

But i am getting this error :

Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::when()

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