diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index f184e048cc..adda443a3b 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -2481,10 +2481,15 @@ func processReceivedMsg(_ res: ChatEvent) async {
             await MainActor.run {
                 m.updateGroup(groupInfo)
             }
-            if m.chatId == groupInfo.id,
-               case .memberSupport(nil) = m.secondaryIM?.groupScopeInfo {
-                await MainActor.run {
-                    m.secondaryPendingInviteeChatOpened = false
+            if m.chatId == groupInfo.id {
+                if groupInfo.membership.memberPending {
+                    await MainActor.run {
+                        m.secondaryPendingInviteeChatOpened = true
+                    }
+                } else if case .memberSupport(nil) = m.secondaryIM?.groupScopeInfo {
+                    await MainActor.run {
+                        m.secondaryPendingInviteeChatOpened = false
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
index ed0c0aa432..30eb6b7fee 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ struct ChatView: View {
                 }
             }
         }
+        .onChange(of: chatModel.secondaryPendingInviteeChatOpened) { secondaryChatOpened in
+            if secondaryChatOpened {
+                ItemsModel.loadSecondaryChat(chat.id, chatFilter: .groupChatScopeContext(groupScopeInfo: userSupportScopeInfo)) {
+                    showUserSupportChatSheet = true
+                }
+            }
+        }
         .onChange(of: chatModel.chatId) { cId in
             ConnectProgressManager.shared.cancelConnectProgress()
             showChatInfoSheet = false
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/SimpleXAPI.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
index 769efecad8..ee41e9cbda 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
@@ -2872,6 +2872,7 @@ object ChatController {
           }
           if (
             chatModel.chatId.value == r.groupInfo.id
+            && !r.groupInfo.membership.memberPending
             && ModalManager.end.hasModalOpen(ModalViewId.SECONDARY_CHAT)
             && chatModel.secondaryChatsContext.value?.secondaryContextFilter is SecondaryContextFilter.GroupChatScopeContext
           ) {