diff --git a/src/hooks/useContactImport.ts b/src/hooks/useContactImport.ts
index 0b071fbc0ce..3590429b3e2 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useContactImport.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useContactImport.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import useContactPermissions from '@libs/ContactPermission/useContactPermissions
 import getContacts from '@libs/ContactUtils';
 import type {SearchOption} from '@libs/OptionsListUtils';
 import type {PersonalDetails} from '@src/types/onyx';
+import useLocalize from './useLocalize';
 
 /**
  * Return type of the useContactImport hook.
@@ -26,14 +27,15 @@ type UseContactImportResult = {
 function useContactImport(): UseContactImportResult {
     const [contactPermissionState, setContactPermissionState] = useState<PermissionStatus>(RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE);
     const [contacts, setContacts] = useState<Array<SearchOption<PersonalDetails>>>([]);
+    const {localeCompare} = useLocalize();
 
     const importAndSaveContacts = useCallback(() => {
         contactImport().then(({contactList, permissionStatus}: ContactImportResult) => {
             setContactPermissionState(permissionStatus);
-            const usersFromContact = getContacts(contactList);
+            const usersFromContact = getContacts(contactList, localeCompare);
             setContacts(usersFromContact);
         });
-    }, []);
+    }, [localeCompare]);
 
     useContactPermissions({
         importAndSaveContacts,
diff --git a/src/libs/ContactUtils.ts b/src/libs/ContactUtils.ts
index 3fba1a4f8f7..34576062b42 100644
--- a/src/libs/ContactUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ContactUtils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+import type {LocaleContextProps} from '@components/LocaleContextProvider';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import type {PersonalDetails} from '@src/types/onyx';
 import type {DeviceContact, StringHolder} from './ContactImport/types';
-import localeCompare from './LocaleCompare';
 import {getUserToInviteContactOption} from './OptionsListUtils';
 import type {SearchOption} from './OptionsListUtils';
 import RandomAvatarUtils from './RandomAvatarUtils';
 
-function sortEmailObjects(emails?: StringHolder[]): string[] {
+function sortEmailObjects(emails: StringHolder[], localeCompare: LocaleContextProps['localeCompare']): string[] {
     if (!emails?.length) {
         return [];
     }
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ function sortEmailObjects(emails?: StringHolder[]): string[] {
     });
 }
 
-const getContacts = (deviceContacts: DeviceContact[] | []): Array<SearchOption<PersonalDetails>> => {
+const getContacts = (deviceContacts: DeviceContact[] | [], localeCompare: LocaleContextProps['localeCompare']): Array<SearchOption<PersonalDetails>> => {
     return deviceContacts
         .map((contact) => {
-            const email = sortEmailObjects(contact?.emailAddresses ?? [])?.at(0) ?? '';
+            const email = sortEmailObjects(contact?.emailAddresses ?? [], localeCompare)?.at(0) ?? '';
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing
             const avatarSource = (contact?.imageData || RandomAvatarUtils.getAvatarForContact(`${contact?.firstName}${email}${contact?.lastName}`)) ?? '';
             const phoneNumber = contact.phoneNumbers?.[0]?.value ?? '';
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ const getContacts = (deviceContacts: DeviceContact[] | []): Array<SearchOption<P
 };
 
 export default getContacts;
+export {sortEmailObjects};
diff --git a/tests/unit/ContactUtilsTest.ts b/tests/unit/ContactUtilsTest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3feee4155b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/ContactUtilsTest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import {sortEmailObjects} from '@src/libs/ContactUtils';
+import {localeCompare} from '../utils/TestHelper';
+
+describe('ContactUtils', () => {
+    describe('sortEmailObjects', () => {
+        it('Should sort email objects with Expensify emails first', () => {
+            const emails = [{value: 'user2@gmail.com'}, {value: 'user2@expensify.com'}, {value: 'user1@gmail.com'}, {value: 'user1@expensify.com'}];
+            const sortedEmails = sortEmailObjects(emails, localeCompare);
+            expect(sortedEmails).toEqual(['user1@expensify.com', 'user2@expensify.com', 'user1@gmail.com', 'user2@gmail.com']);
+        });
+    });
+});