diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtil.java b/src/main/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtil.java
index 82badace..80a77cf5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtil.java
@@ -9,12 +9,18 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class PhoneUtil {
+    private static final String PLUS = "+";
     private static final String DEFAULT_REGION = "PL";
     private static final PhoneNumberUtil phoneNumberUtil = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance();
 
+    private static PhoneNumber parse(String value) throws NumberParseException {
+        String phoneNumber = StringUtils.prependIfMissing(value, PLUS);
+        return phoneNumberUtil.parse(phoneNumber, DEFAULT_REGION);
+    }
+
     public static boolean isValid(String value) {
         try {
-            PhoneNumber phoneNumber = phoneNumberUtil.parse(value, DEFAULT_REGION);
+            PhoneNumber phoneNumber = parse(value);
             return phoneNumberUtil.isValidNumber(phoneNumber);
         } catch (NumberParseException e) {
             return false;
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ public static Optional<PhoneDetails> getPhoneDetails(String value) {
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) return Optional.empty();
 
         try {
-            PhoneNumber phoneNumber = phoneNumberUtil.parse(value, DEFAULT_REGION);
+            PhoneNumber phoneNumber = parse(value);
             return Optional.of(new PhoneDetails(String.valueOf(phoneNumber.getCountryCode()),
                     String.valueOf(phoneNumber.getNationalNumber())));
         } catch (NumberParseException e) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b6476f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/pl/gov/coi/pomocua/ads/phone/PhoneUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package pl.gov.coi.pomocua.ads.phone;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class PhoneUtilTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void getPhoneDetails_expectSameResultWithOrWithoutPlus() {
+
+        //when
+        Optional<PhoneDetails> phoneDetailsWithPlus = PhoneUtil.getPhoneDetails("+380671232233");
+
+        Optional<PhoneDetails> phoneDetailsWithoutPlus = PhoneUtil.getPhoneDetails("380671232233");
+
+        //then
+
+        assertThat(phoneDetailsWithPlus).isPresent();
+        assertThat(phoneDetailsWithoutPlus).isPresent();
+
+        assertAll(
+                () -> assertThat(phoneDetailsWithPlus).isEqualTo(phoneDetailsWithoutPlus),
+                () -> assertThat(phoneDetailsWithPlus.get().countryCode()).isEqualTo("380")
+        );
+    }
+}
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