diff --git a/app/management/commands/import.py b/app/management/commands/import.py
index d349006..ca59700 100644
--- a/app/management/commands/import.py
+++ b/app/management/commands/import.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from django.apps import apps
 
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 
+from app.models import *
+
 import csv
 import json
 
@@ -405,6 +407,9 @@ def handle_object_dict(object_dict, model_name):
             object_dict['organization_id'] = '-1'
         else:
             object_dict['organization_id'] = int(float(object_dict['organization_id']))
+        if 'status' in object_dict:
+            print('Getting status of %s' % object_dict['status'])
+            object_dict['status'] = PeopleStatus.objects.get(int(object_dict['status']))
         for i in ['news_letter', 'birds', 'mammals', 'reptiles', 'amphibians', 'fish', 'insects',
                   'molluscs', 'crustaceans', 'arachnids', 'angiosperms', 'gymnosperms', 'fungi',
                   'algae', 'microbes', 'biological_field_sampling', 'data_mining', 'remote_sensing',