diff --git a/src/CONST.ts b/src/CONST.ts
index 29bb0b83aaee..3c93ecf6affb 100755
--- a/src/CONST.ts
+++ b/src/CONST.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ const CONST = {
 
         // An arbitrary size, but the same minimum as in the PHP layer
         MIN_SIZE: 240,
+
+        // Allowed extensions for receipts
+        ALLOWED_RECEIPT_EXTENSIONS: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png', 'pdf', 'htm', 'html', 'text', 'rtf', 'doc', 'tif', 'tiff', 'msword', 'zip', 'xml', 'message'],
     },
 
     AUTO_AUTH_STATE: {
diff --git a/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.js b/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.js
index 672b1458bf8e..b6a15d69f02c 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, {useCallback, useContext, useReducer, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import {ActivityIndicator, PanResponder, PixelRatio, Text, View} from 'react-native';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
-import _ from 'underscore';
 import Hand from '@assets/images/hand.svg';
 import ReceiptUpload from '@assets/images/receipt-upload.svg';
 import Shutter from '@assets/images/shutter.svg';
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ function ReceiptSelector({route, transactionID, iou, report}) {
 
     function validateReceipt(file) {
         const {fileExtension} = FileUtils.splitExtensionFromFileName(lodashGet(file, 'name', ''));
-        if (_.contains(CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.UNALLOWED_EXTENSIONS, fileExtension.toLowerCase())) {
+        if (!CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.ALLOWED_RECEIPT_EXTENSIONS.includes(fileExtension.toLowerCase())) {
             setUploadReceiptError(true, 'attachmentPicker.wrongFileType', 'attachmentPicker.notAllowedExtension');
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.native.js b/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.native.js
index d47a2c7739a2..afcd546d4abf 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.native.js
+++ b/src/pages/iou/ReceiptSelector/index.native.js
@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ function ReceiptSelector({route, report, iou, transactionID, isInTabNavigator, s
         };
     }, []);
 
+    const validateReceipt = (file) => {
+        const {fileExtension} = FileUtils.splitExtensionFromFileName(lodashGet(file, 'name', ''));
+        if (!CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.ALLOWED_RECEIPT_EXTENSIONS.includes(fileExtension.toLowerCase())) {
+            Alert.alert(translate('attachmentPicker.wrongFileType'), translate('attachmentPicker.notAllowedExtension'));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (lodashGet(file, 'size', 0) > CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.MAX_SIZE) {
+            Alert.alert(translate('attachmentPicker.attachmentTooLarge'), translate('attachmentPicker.sizeExceeded'));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (lodashGet(file, 'size', 0) < CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.MIN_SIZE) {
+            Alert.alert(translate('attachmentPicker.attachmentTooSmall'), translate('attachmentPicker.sizeNotMet'));
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+
     const askForPermissions = () => {
         // There's no way we can check for the BLOCKED status without requesting the permission first
         // https://github.com/zoontek/react-native-permissions/blob/a836e114ce3a180b2b23916292c79841a267d828/README.md?plain=1#L670
@@ -212,6 +231,9 @@ function ReceiptSelector({route, report, iou, transactionID, isInTabNavigator, s
                             onPress={() => {
                                 openPicker({
                                     onPicked: (file) => {
+                                        if (!validateReceipt(file)) {
+                                            return;
+                                        }
                                         const filePath = file.uri;
                                         IOU.setMoneyRequestReceipt(filePath, file.name);