diff --git a/object/user.go b/object/user.go
index 45f6bab5..2b4fab3b 100644
--- a/object/user.go
+++ b/object/user.go
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ func GetUserByPhone(owner string, phone string) (*User, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	phone = util.GetSeperatedPhone(phone)
+
 	user := User{Owner: owner, Phone: phone}
 	existed, err := ormer.Engine.Get(&user)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -528,6 +530,8 @@ func GetUserByPhoneOnly(phone string) (*User, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	phone = util.GetSeperatedPhone(phone)
+
 	user := User{Phone: phone}
 	existed, err := ormer.Engine.Get(&user)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/object/user_util.go b/object/user_util.go
index 1b7f3bed..a33df0b4 100644
--- a/object/user_util.go
+++ b/object/user_util.go
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ func GetUserByFields(organization string, field string) (*User, error) {
 	}
 
 	// check phone
-	user, err = GetUserByField(organization, "phone", field)
+	phone := util.GetSeperatedPhone(field)
+	user, err = GetUserByField(organization, "phone", phone)
 	if user != nil || err != nil {
 		return user, err
 	}
diff --git a/util/string.go b/util/string.go
index 9894cf0d..8cdab598 100644
--- a/util/string.go
+++ b/util/string.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/nyaruka/phonenumbers"
 )
 
 func ParseInt(s string) int {
@@ -278,6 +279,19 @@ func GetMaskedPhone(phone string) string {
 	return rePhone.ReplaceAllString(phone, "$1****$2")
 }
 
+func GetSeperatedPhone(phone string) string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(phone, "+") {
+		phoneNumberParsed, err := phonenumbers.Parse(phone, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return phone
+		}
+
+		phone = fmt.Sprintf("%d", phoneNumberParsed.GetNationalNumber())
+	}
+
+	return phone
+}
+
 func GetMaskedEmail(email string) string {
 	if email == "" {
 		return ""