diff --git a/cmd/direct-transfer.js b/cmd/direct-transfer.js
index ce448d1..75bf7a9 100644
--- a/cmd/direct-transfer.js
+++ b/cmd/direct-transfer.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import readline from 'readline/promises';
 import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { COPY_PROJECT_GROUP_DESC, SOURCE_REGIONS } from '../config.js';
 import { getWithRetry } from './utils/requests.js';
+import Papa from 'papaparse';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 const HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes default
 
@@ -158,11 +160,26 @@ class GitLabClient {
     return out;
   }
 
+  async getGroupPlaceholderCsv(groupId) {
+    const response = await this.client.get(`/groups/${groupId}/placeholder_reassignments`);
+    return response.data;
+  }
+
+  async reassignGroupPlaceholder(groupId, form) {
+    const response = await this.client.postForm(`/groups/${groupId}/placeholder_reassignments`, form);
+    return response.data;
+  }
+
   async getGroup(groupId) {
     const response = await this.client.get(`/groups/${groupId}`);
     return response.data;
   }
 
+  async syncUser(syncData) {
+    const response = await this.client.post(`https://otc-github-consolidated-broker.${syncData.destRegion}.devops.cloud.ibm.com/git-user-sync`, syncData);
+    return response.data;
+  }
+
   async createBulkImport(importData) {
     const response = await this.client.post('/bulk_imports', importData);
     return response.data;
@@ -657,6 +674,31 @@ async function directTransfer(options) {
     const finishedEntities = entities.filter(e => e.status === 'finished');
     const failedEntities = entities.filter(e => e.status === 'failed');
 
+    const getGroupPlaceholderCsvData = await destination.getGroupPlaceholderCsv(destinationGroupPath);
+    const groupPlaceholders = Papa.parse(getGroupPlaceholderCsvData, { header: true, skipEmptyLines: true }).data;
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(groupPlaceholders));
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < groupPlaceholders.length; i++) {
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(groupPlaceholders[i]));
+      const { username: destinationUsername } = await destination.syncUser({
+        sourceRegion: options.sourceRegion,
+        destRegion: options.destRegion,
+        groupId: destinationGroupPath,
+        userId: groupPlaceholders[i]['Source user identifier'],
+      });
+      console.log(destinationUsername);
+      groupPlaceholders[i]['GitLab username'] = destinationUsername;
+    }
+
+    const csvForm = Papa.unparse(groupPlaceholders);
+    fs.writeFileSync('groupPlaceholders.csv', csvForm, 'utf8');
+    const csvConfig = {
+      file : fs.createReadStream('groupPlaceholders.csv')
+    };
+
+    const reassignGroupPlaceholderData = await destination.reassignGroupPlaceholder(destinationGroupPath, csvConfig);
+    console.log(reassignGroupPlaceholderData);
+
     if (importStatus === 'finished' && finishedEntities.length > 0) {
       console.log(`\nGroup migration completed successfully!`);
       console.log(`Migration Results:`);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e1e225e..2ad2ded 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         "commander": "^14.0.1",
         "json-to-tf": "^0.3.1",
         "ora": "^9.0.0",
+        "papaparse": "^5.5.3",
         "strip-ansi": "^7.1.2"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -2146,6 +2147,7 @@
         "is-interactive": "^2.0.0",
         "is-unicode-supported": "^2.1.0",
         "log-symbols": "^7.0.1",
+        "papaparse": "^5.5.3",
         "stdin-discarder": "^0.2.2",
         "string-width": "^8.1.0",
         "strip-ansi": "^7.1.2"
@@ -2212,6 +2214,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "BlueOak-1.0.0"
     },
+    "node_modules/papaparse": {
+      "version": "5.5.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/papaparse/-/papaparse-5.5.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5QvjGxYVjxO59MGU2lHVYpRWBBtKHnlIAcSe1uNFCkkptUh63NFRj0FJQm7nR67puEruUci/ZkjmEFrjCAyP4A==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/parent-module": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parent-module/-/parent-module-1.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4c1c50..0495789 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "commander": "^14.0.1",
     "json-to-tf": "^0.3.1",
     "ora": "^9.0.0",
+    "papaparse": "^5.5.3",
     "strip-ansi": "^7.1.2"
   },
   "bin": {