diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
index bb0f320c6c9b..0b462c594c13 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ImportController.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class ImportController extends Controller {
 		/** @var UploadedFile $file */
 		foreach ( $request->files->get( 'files' ) as $entityType => $file ) {
 			$contents = file_get_contents( $file->getPathname() );
+			// $contents = mb_convert_encoding($contents, 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8');
 
 			// Store the csv in cache with an expiry of 10 minutes
 			Cache::put( $hash . '-' . $entityType, base64_encode( $contents ), 600 );
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
index b1525656173a..7d1b1ed4f7db 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Client/StoreClientRequest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
 class StoreClientRequest extends Request
 {
     use MakesHash;
-
     /**
      * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
      *
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ class StoreClientRequest extends Request
     protected function prepareForValidation()
     {
         $input = $this->all();
-        
+
         $settings = ClientSettings::defaults();
 
         if (array_key_exists('settings', $input) && ! empty($input['settings'])) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/Request.php b/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
index 628fb76ef547..74764d51b136 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/Request.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\RuntimeFormRequest;
 use App\Http\ValidationRules\User\RelatedUserRule;
 use App\Utils\Traits\MakesHash;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 class Request extends FormRequest
 {
     use MakesHash;
-
+    use RuntimeFormRequest;
     /**
      * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
      *
@@ -163,9 +164,18 @@ class Request extends FormRequest
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (array_key_exists('email', $contact)) 
+                    $input['contacts'][$key]['email'] = trim($contact['email']);
+
+
             }
         }
         
         return $input;
     }
+
+    protected function prepareForValidation()
+    {
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuntimeFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuntimeFormRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f028fc2848a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuntimeFormRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+
+trait RuntimeFormRequest
+{
+    public static function runFormRequest($value)
+    {
+        $value = self::getMockedRequestByParameters($value);
+
+        $validator = self::createFrom($value, new self());
+
+        $validator->setContainer(app());
+
+        $validator->prepareForValidation();
+
+        $validator->setValidator(Validator::make($validator->all(), $validator->rules()));
+
+        $instance = $validator->getValidatorInstance();
+
+        return $instance;
+        // if ($instance->fails()) {
+        //     return $instance->errors();
+        // }
+
+        // $validator->passedValidation();
+
+        // return $validator->all();
+    }
+
+
+    protected static function getMockedRequestByParameters($paramters)
+    {
+        $mockRequest = Request::create('', 'POST');
+
+        $mockRequest->merge($paramters);
+
+        return $mockRequest;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Jobs/Import/CSVImport.php b/app/Jobs/Import/CSVImport.php
index 1933d10ecbbe..4057b949fe1b 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Import/CSVImport.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Import/CSVImport.php
@@ -372,11 +372,13 @@ class CSVImport implements ShouldQueue {
 				$entity = $transformer->transform( $record );
 
 				/** @var \App\Http\Requests\Request $request */
-				$request = new $request_name();
+				// $request = new $request_name();
+				// $request->prepareForValidation();
 
 				// Pass entity data to request so it can be validated
-				$request->query = $request->request = new ParameterBag( $entity );
-				$validator = Validator::make( $entity, $request->rules() );
+				// $request->query = $request->request = new ParameterBag( $entity );
+				// $validator = Validator::make( $entity, $request->rules() );
+				$validator = $request_name::runFormRequest($entity);
 
 				if ( $validator->fails() ) {
 					$this->error_array[ $entity_type ][] =