diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Controller/DisplayController.php b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
index df6dfb52..47186369 100644
--- a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
@@ -365,10 +365,14 @@ class DisplayController extends BaseController
 		$input = Factory::getApplication()->getInput();
 
 		$this->jsonResponse($this->getModel('Tickets')->createTicket([
-			'subject'     => $input->getString('subject', ''),
-			'body'        => $input->getRaw('body', ''),
-			'priority'    => $input->getString('priority', 'normal'),
-			'category_id' => $input->getInt('category_id', 0),
+			'subject'       => $input->getString('subject', ''),
+			'body'          => $input->getRaw('body', ''),
+			'priority'      => $input->getString('priority', 'normal'),
+			'category_id'   => $input->getInt('category_id', 0),
+			'contact_id'    => $input->getInt('contact_id', 0),
+			'assign_users'  => $input->get('assign_users', [], 'ARRAY'),
+			'assign_groups' => $input->get('assign_groups', [], 'ARRAY'),
+			'custom_fields' => $input->get('custom_fields', [], 'ARRAY'),
 		]));
 	}
 
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ class DisplayController extends BaseController
 
 		$this->jsonResponse($this->getModel('Tickets')->updateStatus(
 			$input->getInt('ticket_id', 0),
-			$input->getString('status', '')
+			$input->getInt('status', 0)
 		));
 	}
 
diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Model/TicketsModel.php b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Model/TicketsModel.php
index 1ba4c52c..2838c41c 100644
--- a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Model/TicketsModel.php
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/Model/TicketsModel.php
@@ -575,6 +575,39 @@ class TicketsModel extends BaseDatabaseModel
 		return $db->loadObjectList() ?: [];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get backend users for assignee selection.
+	 */
+	public function getBackendUsers(): array
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDatabase();
+		$db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->select(['u.id', 'u.name', 'u.username'])
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__users', 'u'))
+				->where($db->quoteName('u.block') . ' = 0')
+				->order($db->quoteName('u.name') . ' ASC')
+		);
+
+		return $db->loadObjectList() ?: [];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Joomla user groups for assignee selection.
+	 */
+	public function getUserGroups(): array
+	{
+		$db = $this->getDatabase();
+		$db->setQuery(
+			$db->getQuery(true)
+				->select(['id', 'title'])
+				->from($db->quoteName('#__usergroups'))
+				->order($db->quoteName('title') . ' ASC')
+		);
+
+		return $db->loadObjectList() ?: [];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get Joomla custom field groups assigned to a ticket category.
 	 */
diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/View/Tickets/HtmlView.php b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/View/Tickets/HtmlView.php
index 77e4e719..fc15a4d4 100644
--- a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/View/Tickets/HtmlView.php
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/src/View/Tickets/HtmlView.php
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class HtmlView extends BaseHtmlView
 	protected $contacts = [];
 	protected $statuses = [];
 	protected $priorities = [];
+	protected $backendUsers = [];
+	protected $userGroups = [];
 
 	public function display($tpl = null)
 	{
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ class HtmlView extends BaseHtmlView
 		$this->overdue      = $model->getOverdueTickets();
 		$this->atsAvailable = $model->checkAtsAvailable();
 		$this->contacts     = $model->getContacts();
+		$this->backendUsers = $model->getBackendUsers();
+		$this->userGroups   = $model->getUserGroups();
 
 		$this->addToolbar();
 
diff --git a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/tmpl/tickets/default.php b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/tmpl/tickets/default.php
index 26cb3d76..f8a78ca0 100644
--- a/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/tmpl/tickets/default.php
+++ b/source/packages/com_mokosuite/admin/tmpl/tickets/default.php
@@ -182,6 +182,26 @@ $token        = Session::getFormToken();
 							</select>
 						</div>
 					</div>
+					<div class="row mb-3">
+						<div class="col-md-6">
+							<label class="form-label">Assign Users</label>
+							<select name="assign_users[]" class="form-select" multiple size="4">
+								<?php foreach ($this->backendUsers as $u): ?>
+								<option value="<?php echo $u->id; ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($u->name); ?></option>
+								<?php endforeach; ?>
+							</select>
+							<small class="text-muted">Hold Ctrl/Cmd to select multiple</small>
+						</div>
+						<div class="col-md-6">
+							<label class="form-label">Assign Groups</label>
+							<select name="assign_groups[]" class="form-select" multiple size="4">
+								<?php foreach ($this->userGroups as $g): ?>
+								<option value="<?php echo $g->id; ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($g->title); ?></option>
+								<?php endforeach; ?>
+							</select>
+							<small class="text-muted">Hold Ctrl/Cmd to select multiple</small>
+						</div>
+					</div>
 					<div class="mb-3">
 						<label class="form-label">Description</label>
 						<textarea name="body" class="form-control" rows="6" required></textarea>