diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/sponsor/guest/guestRoleInfo/index.tsx b/frontend/src/routes/sponsor/guest/guestRoleInfo/index.tsx
index 82c67530aa227461b129c9dcdbe67c30e43aa555..c82cf43786d4ef410cf40d1cfa2f550315e4cf5c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/sponsor/guest/guestRoleInfo/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/sponsor/guest/guestRoleInfo/index.tsx
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ export default function GuestRoleInfo({ guest }: GuestRoleInfoProps) {
   const submit: SubmitHandler<RoleFormData> = (data) => {
     const payload: { start_date?: string; end_date: string } = {
       end_date: format(data.end_date as Date, 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
-    }
-    // Ignore start dates before today ()
-    if (data.start_date >= today) {
-      payload.start_date = format(data.start_date as Date, 'yyyy-MM-dd')
+      start_date: format(data.start_date as Date, 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
     }
 
     console.log('submitting', JSON.stringify(payload))