diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index 15223276..9477b456 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ module Api
           message: %i[subject body],
           submitters: [[:send_email, :send_sms, :completed_redirect_url, :uuid, :name, :email, :role,
                         :completed, :phone, :application_key, :external_id, :reply_to, :go_to_last,
-                        :require_phone_2fa, :order,
+                        :require_phone_2fa, :order, :invite_by,
                         { metadata: {}, values: {}, roles: [], readonly_fields: [], message: %i[subject body],
                           fields: [:name, :uuid, :default_value, :value, :title, :description,
                                    :readonly, :required, :validation_pattern, :invalid_message,
diff --git a/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb b/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
index 8ce3becf..39b4f3cd 100644
--- a/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/params/submission_create_validator.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ module Params
     end
 
     def validate_submitter(submitter_params)
-      required(submitter_params, %i[email phone name])
+      if submitter_params['invite_by'].present?
+        required(submitter_params, :role)
+      else
+        required(submitter_params, %i[email phone name])
+      end
 
       type(submitter_params, :name, String)
       type(submitter_params, :reply_to, String)
diff --git a/lib/submissions/create_from_submitters.rb b/lib/submissions/create_from_submitters.rb
index 0ae3b09b..0a7e2705 100644
--- a/lib/submissions/create_from_submitters.rb
+++ b/lib/submissions/create_from_submitters.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module Submissions
 
         next if submission.submitters.blank?
 
-        maybe_add_invite_submitters(submission, template)
+        maybe_add_invite_submitters(submission, template, attrs[:submitters])
 
         submission.template = nil unless with_template
 
@@ -102,8 +102,16 @@ module Submissions
       end
     end
 
-    def maybe_add_invite_submitters(submission, template)
+    def maybe_add_invite_submitters(submission, template, submitter_attrs)
       template.submitters.each_with_index do |item, index|
+        submitter_attr = submitter_attrs.find { |e| e['role'].to_s.casecmp?(item['name'].to_s) }
+
+        if submitter_attr && submitter_attr['invite_by'].present?
+          invite_by_uuid = template.submitters.find { |s| s['name'] == submitter_attr['invite_by'] }&.dig('uuid')
+
+          item = item.merge('invite_by_uuid' => invite_by_uuid) if invite_by_uuid
+        end
+
         next if item['invite_by_uuid'].blank? && item['optional_invite_by_uuid'].blank?
         next if submission.template_submitters.any? { |e| e['uuid'] == item['uuid'] }