diff --git a/src/pages/Organization/SubmitBrPage/index.js b/src/pages/Organization/SubmitBrPage/index.js
index e2c791ba..7dff8632 100644
--- a/src/pages/Organization/SubmitBrPage/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/Organization/SubmitBrPage/index.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ const SubmitBrPage = () => {
 
     const initialValues = React.useMemo(() => ({
         ...formData,
+        chCompanyName: formData.chCompanyName ?? "",
         brExpiryDate: null,
         certificateFile: null,
     }), [formData]);
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ const SubmitBrPage = () => {
                     url: UrlUtils.POST_PUB_ORG_SUBMIT_BR,
                     params: {
                         enCompanyName: values.enCompanyName,
-                        chCompanyName: values.chCompanyName,
+                        chCompanyName: values.chCompanyName?.trim() || "",
                         brExpiryDate: DateUtils.dateValue(values.brExpiryDate),
                         address: {
                             country: values.country.type,
diff --git a/src/utils/HttpUtils.js b/src/utils/HttpUtils.js
index e58f219d..15b2b3cb 100644
--- a/src/utils/HttpUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/HttpUtils.js
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export const postWithFiles = ({ url, params, files, onSuccess, onFail, onError }
   }
   if (params)
     for (var key in params) {
+      // typeof null === "object", and JSON.stringify(null) is the string "null"
+      if (params[key] == null) {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (typeof params[key] === 'object') {
         formData.append(key, JSON.stringify(params[key]));
       } else {