diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
index 6c58e3e0e7..77927e0282 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/choose_recipient/views.cljs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             [status-im.components.react :as react]
             [status-im.components.icons.vector-icons :as vector-icons]
             [status-im.ui.screens.wallet.choose-recipient.styles :as styles]
+            [status-im.utils.platform :as platform]
             [status-im.components.status-bar :as status-bar]
             [status-im.components.camera :as camera]
             [clojure.string :as string]))
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@
 
 (defview choose-recipient []
   (letsubs [camera-dimensions [:camera-dimensions]
-            camera-flashlight [:camera-flashlight]]
+            camera-flashlight [:camera-flashlight]
+            camera-permitted? [:get-in [:wallet/send-transaction :camera-permitted?]]]
     [react/view {:style styles/wallet-container}
      [status-bar/status-bar {:type :wallet}]
      [toolbar-view camera-flashlight]
@@ -84,14 +86,16 @@
                                 (re-frame/dispatch [:set-in [:wallet/send-transaction :camera-dimensions]
                                                     {:width  (.-width layout)
                                                      :height (.-height layout)}]))}
-      [camera/camera {:style         styles/preview
-                      :aspect        :fill
-                      :captureAudio  false
-                      :torchMode (camera/set-torch camera-flashlight)
-                      :onBarCodeRead (fn [code]
-                                       (let [data (-> code
-                                                      .-data
-                                                      (string/replace #"ethereum:" ""))]
-                                         (re-frame/dispatch [:choose-recipient data nil])))}]
+      (when (or platform/android?
+                camera-permitted?)
+        [camera/camera {:style         styles/preview
+                        :aspect        :fill
+                        :captureAudio  false
+                        :torchMode     (camera/set-torch camera-flashlight)
+                        :onBarCodeRead (fn [code]
+                                         (let [data (-> code
+                                                        .-data
+                                                        (string/replace #"ethereum:" ""))]
+                                           (re-frame/dispatch [:choose-recipient data nil])))}])
       [viewfinder camera-dimensions]]
      [recipient-buttons]]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/main/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/main/views.cljs
index 70c7285b36..d4bb340351 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/main/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/main/views.cljs
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@
         (str (when pos-change? "+") change "%")
         "-%")]]))
 
-(defn- wallet-send []
-  (rf/dispatch [:navigate-to :wallet-send-transaction])
-  (when platform/android?
-    (rf/dispatch [:request-permissions [:camera]])))
-
 (defn main-section [usd-value change error-message]
   [react/view {:style styles/main-section}
    (when error-message
@@ -79,7 +74,8 @@
       (i18n/label :t/wallet-total-value)]
      [change-display change]]
     [react/view {:style (merge button.styles/buttons-container styles/buttons) :button-text-style styles/main-button-text}
-     [btn/button {:on-press wallet-send :style (button.styles/button-bar :first)}
+     [btn/button {:on-press #(rf/dispatch [:navigate-to :wallet-send-transaction])
+                  :style    (button.styles/button-bar :first)}
       (i18n/label :t/wallet-send)]
      [btn/button {:on-press #(rf/dispatch [:navigate-to :wallet-request-transaction]) :style (button.styles/button-bar :other)}
       (i18n/label :t/wallet-request)]
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/db.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/db.cljs
index 8b5af98048..1aeab820ac 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/db.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/db.cljs
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 (spec/def ::width double?)
 (spec/def ::camera-dimensions (spec/keys :req-un [::height ::width]))
 (spec/def ::camera-flashlight #{:on :off})
+(spec/def ::camera-permitted? boolean?)
 (spec/def ::in-progress? boolean?)
 
 (spec/def :wallet/send-transaction (allowed-keys
                                      :opt-un [::amount ::to-address ::to-name ::amount-error ::password
                                               ::waiting-signal? ::signing? ::transaction-id ::later?
                                               ::camera-dimensions ::camera-flashlight ::in-progress?
-                                              ::wrong-password?]))
+                                              ::wrong-password? ::camera-permitted?]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/views.cljs
index 3538ddcb93..6bd5d93e03 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/wallet/send/views.cljs
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@
 (defn- sufficient-funds? [amount balance]
   (<= amount (money/wei->ether balance)))
 
+(defn request-camera-permissions []
+  (when platform/android?
+    (re-frame/dispatch [:request-permissions [:camera]]))
+  (camera/request-access
+   (fn [permitted?]
+     (re-frame/dispatch [:set-in [:wallet/send-transaction :camera-permitted?] permitted?])
+     (re-frame/dispatch [:navigate-to :choose-recipient]))))
+
 (defview send-transaction []
   (letsubs [balance      [:balance]
             amount       [:get-in [:wallet/send-transaction :amount]]
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@
           [react/view wallet.styles/choose-participant-container
            [components/choose-recipient {:address  to-address
                                          :name     to-name
-                                         :on-press #(re-frame/dispatch [:navigate-to :choose-recipient])}]]
+                                         :on-press request-camera-permissions}]]
           [react/view wallet.styles/choose-wallet-container
            [components/choose-wallet]]
           [react/view wallet.styles/amount-container