diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Chips.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Chips.tsx
index 30584885c..ac10c932d 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Chips.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Chips.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const Chip = ({ item, onSelect, style }: IChip) => {
 			onPress={() => onSelect(item)}
 			style={[styles.chip, { backgroundColor: colors.auxiliaryBackground }, style]}
 			background={Touchable.Ripple(colors.bannerBackground)}
+			testID={`multi-select-chip-${item.value}`}
 		>
 			<>
 				{item.imageUrl ? <FastImage style={styles.chipImage} source={{ uri: item.imageUrl }} /> : null}
diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Items.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Items.tsx
index 8c8b07c1e..9f8f9cf26 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Items.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/Items.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import { CustomIcon } from '../../CustomIcon';
 
 interface IItem {
 	item: IItemData;
-	selected?: string;
+	selected: boolean;
 	onSelect: Function;
 }
 
 interface IItems {
 	items: IItemData[];
-	selected: string[];
+	selected: IItemData[];
 	onSelect: Function;
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const Items = ({ items, selected, onSelect }: IItems) => (
 		keyboardShouldPersistTaps='always'
 		ItemSeparatorComponent={List.Separator}
 		keyExtractor={keyExtractor}
-		renderItem={({ item }) => <Item item={item} onSelect={onSelect} selected={selected.find(s => s === item.value)} />}
+		renderItem={({ item }) => <Item item={item} onSelect={onSelect} selected={!!selected.find(s => s.value === item.value)} />}
 	/>
 );
 
diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/MultiSelectContent.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/MultiSelectContent.tsx
index 9a9bd632b..270163692 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/MultiSelectContent.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/MultiSelectContent.tsx
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ interface IMultiSelectContentProps {
 	options?: IItemData[];
 	multiselect: boolean;
 	select: React.Dispatch<any>;
-	onChange: Function;
+	onChange: ({ value }: { value: string[] }) => void;
 	setCurrentValue: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string>>;
 	onHide: Function;
-	selectedItems: string[];
+	selectedItems: IItemData[];
 }
 
 export const MultiSelectContent = React.memo(
 	({ onSearch, options, multiselect, select, onChange, setCurrentValue, onHide, selectedItems }: IMultiSelectContentProps) => {
 		const { colors } = useTheme();
-		const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string[]>(Array.isArray(selectedItems) ? selectedItems : []);
+		const [selected, setSelected] = useState<IItemData[]>(Array.isArray(selectedItems) ? selectedItems : []);
 		const [items, setItems] = useState<IItemData[] | undefined>(options);
 		const { hideActionSheet } = useActionSheet();
 
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ export const MultiSelectContent = React.memo(
 			} = item;
 			if (multiselect) {
 				let newSelect = [];
-				if (!selected.includes(value)) {
-					newSelect = [...selected, value];
+				if (!selected.find(s => s.value === value)) {
+					newSelect = [...selected, item];
 				} else {
-					newSelect = selected.filter((s: any) => s !== value);
+					newSelect = selected.filter((s: any) => s.value !== value);
 				}
 				setSelected(newSelect);
 				select(newSelect);
-				onChange({ value: newSelect });
+				onChange({ value: newSelect.map(s => s.value) });
 			} else {
 				onChange({ value });
 				setCurrentValue(text);
diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/index.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/index.tsx
index 20e9e0975..7808683a0 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/index.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/MultiSelect/index.tsx
@@ -17,13 +17,21 @@ export interface IItemData {
 	imageUrl?: string;
 }
 
+interface IMultiSelectWithMultiSelect extends IMultiSelect {
+	multiselect: true;
+	onChange: ({ value }: { value: string[] }) => void;
+}
+
+interface IMultiSelectWithoutMultiSelect extends IMultiSelect {
+	multiselect?: false;
+	onChange: ({ value }: { value: any }) => void;
+}
+
 interface IMultiSelect {
 	options?: IItemData[];
-	onChange: Function;
 	placeholder?: IText;
 	context?: BlockContext;
 	loading?: boolean;
-	multiselect?: boolean;
 	onSearch?: (keyword: string) => IItemData[] | Promise<IItemData[] | undefined>;
 	onClose?: () => void;
 	inputStyle?: TextStyle;
@@ -46,9 +54,9 @@ export const MultiSelect = React.memo(
 		disabled,
 		inputStyle,
 		innerInputStyle
-	}: IMultiSelect) => {
+	}: IMultiSelectWithMultiSelect | IMultiSelectWithoutMultiSelect) => {
 		const { colors } = useTheme();
-		const [selected, select] = useState<string[]>(Array.isArray(values) ? values : []);
+		const [selected, select] = useState<IItemData[]>(Array.isArray(values) ? values : []);
 		const [currentValue, setCurrentValue] = useState('');
 
 		const { showActionSheet, hideActionSheet } = useActionSheet();
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ export const MultiSelect = React.memo(
 			if (Array.isArray(values)) {
 				select(values);
 			}
-		}, [values]);
+		}, []);
 
 		useEffect(() => {
 			if (values && values.length && !multiselect) {
@@ -95,13 +103,13 @@ export const MultiSelect = React.memo(
 			} = item;
 			if (multiselect) {
 				let newSelect = [];
-				if (!selected.includes(value)) {
-					newSelect = [...selected, value];
+				if (!selected.find(s => s.value === value)) {
+					newSelect = [...selected, item];
 				} else {
-					newSelect = selected.filter((s: any) => s !== value);
+					newSelect = selected.filter((s: any) => s.value !== value);
 				}
 				select(newSelect);
-				onChange({ value: newSelect });
+				onChange({ value: newSelect.map(s => s.value) });
 			} else {
 				onChange({ value });
 				setCurrentValue(text);
@@ -119,12 +127,10 @@ export const MultiSelect = React.memo(
 		);
 
 		if (context === BlockContext.FORM) {
-			const items: any = options.filter((option: any) => selected.includes(option.value));
-
 			button = (
 				<Input onPress={onShow} loading={loading} disabled={disabled} inputStyle={inputStyle} innerInputStyle={innerInputStyle}>
-					{items.length ? (
-						<Chips items={items} onSelect={(item: any) => (disabled ? {} : onSelect(item))} />
+					{selected.length ? (
+						<Chips items={selected} onSelect={(item: any) => (disabled ? {} : onSelect(item))} />
 					) : (
 						<Text style={[styles.pickerText, { color: colors.auxiliaryText }]}>{placeholder.text}</Text>
 					)}
diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/UiKitMessage.stories.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/UiKitMessage.stories.tsx
index ecb5d7bcd..696732047 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/UiKitMessage.stories.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/UiKitMessage.stories.tsx
@@ -220,36 +220,37 @@ export const SectionMultiSelect = () =>
 			},
 			accessory: {
 				type: 'multi_static_select',
+				appId: 'app-id',
+				blockId: 'block-id',
+				actionId: 'action-id',
+				initialValue: ['option_1', 'option_2'],
 				options: [
 					{
+						value: 'option_1',
 						text: {
 							type: 'plain_text',
-							text: 'button'
-						},
-						value: 1
+							text: 'lorem ipsum 🚀',
+							emoji: true
+						}
 					},
 					{
+						value: 'option_2',
 						text: {
 							type: 'plain_text',
-							text: 'opt 1'
-						},
-						value: 2
-					},
-					{
-						text: {
-							type: 'plain_text',
-							text: 'opt 2'
-						},
-						value: 3
-					},
-					{
-						text: {
-							type: 'plain_text',
-							text: 'opt 3'
-						},
-						value: 4
+							text: 'lorem ipsum 🚀',
+							emoji: true
+						}
 					}
-				]
+				],
+				placeholder: {
+					type: 'plain_text',
+					text: 'Select an item'
+				},
+				label: {
+					type: 'plain_text',
+					text: 'Label',
+					emoji: true
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	]);
diff --git a/app/containers/UIKit/index.tsx b/app/containers/UIKit/index.tsx
index 6dbd87f28..d03efec1c 100644
--- a/app/containers/UIKit/index.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/UIKit/index.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class MessageParser extends UiKitParserMessage<React.ReactElement> {
 
 	multiStaticSelect(element: IElement, context: BlockContext) {
 		const [{ loading, value }, action] = useBlockContext(element, context);
-		return <MultiSelect {...element} value={value} onChange={action} context={context} loading={loading} multiselect />;
+		const valueFiltered = element.options?.filter(option => value.includes(option.value));
+		return <MultiSelect {...element} value={valueFiltered} onChange={action} context={context} loading={loading} multiselect />;
 	}
 
 	staticSelect(element: IElement, context: BlockContext) {
diff --git a/app/views/CreateDiscussionView/interfaces.ts b/app/views/CreateDiscussionView/interfaces.ts
index f80b2b3c5..47163cfb3 100644
--- a/app/views/CreateDiscussionView/interfaces.ts
+++ b/app/views/CreateDiscussionView/interfaces.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export interface ICreateDiscussionViewSelectChannel {
 	token: string;
 	userId: string;
 	initial: object;
-	onChannelSelect: Function;
+	onChannelSelect: ({ value }: { value: any }) => void;
 	blockUnauthenticatedAccess: boolean;
 	serverVersion: string;
 }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export interface ICreateDiscussionViewSelectUsers {
 	token: string;
 	userId: string;
 	selected: any[];
-	onUserSelect: Function;
+	onUserSelect: ({ value }: { value: string[] }) => void;
 	blockUnauthenticatedAccess: boolean;
 	serverVersion: string;
 }
diff --git a/app/views/LivechatEditView.tsx b/app/views/LivechatEditView.tsx
index f06c7eca3..aad596a01 100644
--- a/app/views/LivechatEditView.tsx
+++ b/app/views/LivechatEditView.tsx
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ const LivechatEditView = ({ user, navigation, route, theme }: ILivechatEditViewP
 	const [tagParam, setTags] = useState(livechat?.tags || []);
 	const [tagParamSelected, setTagParamSelected] = useState(livechat?.tags || []);
 
+	const tagOptions = tagParam.map((tag: string) => ({ text: { text: tag }, value: tag }));
+	const tagValues = Array.isArray(tagParamSelected)
+		? tagOptions.filter((option: any) => tagParamSelected.includes(option.value))
+		: [];
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const arr = [...tagParam, ...availableUserTags];
 		const uniqueArray = arr.filter((val, i) => arr.indexOf(val) === i);
@@ -254,12 +259,12 @@ const LivechatEditView = ({ user, navigation, route, theme }: ILivechatEditViewP
 
 					<Text style={[styles.label, { color: themes[theme!].titleText }]}>{I18n.t('Tags')}</Text>
 					<MultiSelect
-						options={tagParam.map((tag: string) => ({ text: { text: tag }, value: tag }))}
+						options={tagOptions}
 						onChange={({ value }: { value: string[] }) => {
 							setTagParamSelected([...value]);
 						}}
 						placeholder={{ text: I18n.t('Tags') }}
-						value={tagParamSelected}
+						value={tagValues}
 						context={BlockContext.FORM}
 						multiselect
 						disabled={!editLivechatRoomCustomFieldsPermission}
diff --git a/app/views/RoomInfoEditView/index.tsx b/app/views/RoomInfoEditView/index.tsx
index 93e54630f..2132a382e 100644
--- a/app/views/RoomInfoEditView/index.tsx
+++ b/app/views/RoomInfoEditView/index.tsx
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ interface IRoomInfoEditViewProps extends IBaseScreen<ChatsStackParamList | Modal
 	deleteTeamPermission: string[];
 }
 
+const MESSAGE_TYPE_VALUES = MessageTypeValues.map(m => ({
+	value: m.value,
+	text: { text: I18n.t('Hide_type_messages', { type: I18n.t(m.text) }) }
+}));
+
 class RoomInfoEditView extends React.Component<IRoomInfoEditViewProps, IRoomInfoEditViewState> {
 	randomValue = random(15);
 	private querySubscription: Subscription | undefined;
@@ -447,15 +452,16 @@ class RoomInfoEditView extends React.Component<IRoomInfoEditViewProps, IRoomInfo
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		const values = Array.isArray(systemMessages)
+			? MESSAGE_TYPE_VALUES.filter((option: any) => systemMessages.includes(option.value))
+			: [];
+
 		return (
 			<MultiSelect
-				options={MessageTypeValues.map(m => ({
-					value: m.value,
-					text: { text: I18n.t('Hide_type_messages', { type: I18n.t(m.text) }) }
-				}))}
-				onChange={({ value }: { value: boolean }) => this.setState({ systemMessages: value })}
+				options={MESSAGE_TYPE_VALUES}
+				onChange={({ value }) => this.setState({ systemMessages: value })}
 				placeholder={{ text: I18n.t('Hide_System_Messages') }}
-				value={systemMessages as string[]}
+				value={values}
 				context={BlockContext.FORM}
 				multiselect
 			/>
diff --git a/e2e/tests/room/04-discussion.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/room/04-discussion.spec.ts
index 434316739..5360ab693 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/room/04-discussion.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/room/04-discussion.spec.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ describe('Discussion', () => {
 	});
 
 	it('should create discussion from NewMessageView', async () => {
+		const selectUser = 'rocket.cat';
 		await waitFor(element(by.id('rooms-list-view-create-channel')))
 			.toExist()
 			.withTimeout(2000);
@@ -53,6 +54,30 @@ describe('Discussion', () => {
 			.withTimeout(10000);
 		await element(by.id(`multi-select-item-${room}`)).tap();
 		await element(by.id('multi-select-discussion-name')).replaceText(discussionFromNewMessage);
+		await element(by[textMatcher]('Select users...')).tap();
+		await element(by.id('multi-select-search')).replaceText(`${selectUser}`);
+		await waitFor(element(by.id(`multi-select-item-${selectUser}`)))
+			.toExist()
+			.withTimeout(10000);
+		await element(by.id(`multi-select-item-${selectUser}`)).tap();
+		await sleep(300);
+		// checking if the chip was placed properly
+		await waitFor(element(by.id(`multi-select-chip-${selectUser}`)))
+			.toExist()
+			.withTimeout(10000);
+		// should keep the same chip even when the user does a new research
+		await element(by.id('multi-select-search')).replaceText(`user`);
+		await waitFor(element(by.id(`multi-select-item-${selectUser}`)))
+			.not.toExist()
+			.withTimeout(10000);
+		await waitFor(element(by.id(`multi-select-chip-${selectUser}`)))
+			.toExist()
+			.withTimeout(10000);
+		await sleep(500);
+		await element(by.id('multi-select-search')).tapReturnKey();
+		await sleep(500);
+		// removing the rocket.cat from the users
+		await element(by.id(`multi-select-chip-${selectUser}`)).tap();
 		await waitFor(element(by.id('create-discussion-submit')))
 			.toExist()
 			.withTimeout(10000);