diff --git a/client/src/app/gateways/repositories/users/user-repository.service.ts b/client/src/app/gateways/repositories/users/user-repository.service.ts
index e37a25e73e..8db4e0c488 100644
--- a/client/src/app/gateways/repositories/users/user-repository.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/gateways/repositories/users/user-repository.service.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User> {
         const data = usersToCreate.map(user => {
             const meetingUsers = user.meeting_users as Partial<ViewMeetingUser>[];
             return {
-                user: this.sanitizePayload(this.getBaseUserPayload(user), true),
+                user: this.sanitizePayload(this.getBaseUserPayloadCreate(user), true),
                 ...(meetingUsers && meetingUsers.length
                     ? {
                           first_meeting_user: this.sanitizePayload(
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User> {
             const updates = Array.isArray(dirtyUpdate) ? dirtyUpdate : [dirtyUpdate];
             return updates.map(update => ({
                 id: user.id,
-                ...this.sanitizePayload(this.getBaseUserPayload(update)),
+                ...this.sanitizePayload(this.getBaseUserPayloadUpdate(update)),
                 ...this.sanitizePayload(this.meetingUserRepo.getBaseUserPayload(update))
             }));
         });
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User> {
         return this.createAction(UserAction.ASSIGN_MEETINGS, payload);
     }
 
-    private getBaseUserPayload(partialUser: Partial<ViewUser>): any {
+    private getBaseUserPayloadUpdate(partialUser: Partial<ViewUser>): any {
         const partialPayload: Partial<User> = {
             pronoun: partialUser.pronoun,
             title: partialUser.title,
@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User> {
         return partialPayload;
     }
 
+    private getBaseUserPayloadCreate(partialUser: Partial<ViewUser>): any {
+        const partialPayload = this.getBaseUserPayloadUpdate(partialUser);
+        partialPayload.is_present_in_meeting_ids = partialUser.is_present_in_meeting_ids;
+        return partialPayload;
+    }
+
     public getTitle = (viewUser: ViewUser): string => this.getFullName(viewUser);
 
     /**
diff --git a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/pages/participant-detail/pages/participant-detail-manage/components/participant-create-wizard/participant-create-wizard.component.ts b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/pages/participant-detail/pages/participant-detail-manage/components/participant-create-wizard/participant-create-wizard.component.ts
index 8d969f8ff2..291412a9d5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/pages/participant-detail/pages/participant-detail-manage/components/participant-create-wizard/participant-create-wizard.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/site/pages/meetings/pages/participants/pages/participant-detail/pages/participant-detail-manage/components/participant-create-wizard/participant-create-wizard.component.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class ParticipantCreateWizardComponent extends BaseMeetingComponent imple
     public get patchFormValueFn(): (controlName: string, user?: ViewUser) => any | null {
         return (controlName, user) => {
             if (controlName === `is_present`) {
-                return user?.isPresentInMeeting ? user.isPresentInMeeting() : true;
+                return user?.isPresentInMeeting ? user.isPresentInMeeting() : false;
             }
             return null;
         };
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ export class ParticipantCreateWizardComponent extends BaseMeetingComponent imple
                         id: this._accountId
                     })
                     .resolve();
+                if (this.personalInfoFormValue.is_present) {
+                    this.repo.setPresent(true, { ...payload, id: this._accountId }).resolve();
+                }
             } else {
                 this.repo.create(payload);
             }