diff --git a/lib/hooks/invite-links.js b/lib/hooks/invite-links.js
--- a/lib/hooks/invite-links.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/invite-links.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 } from '../actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { extractKeyserverIDFromID } from '../keyserver-conn/keyserver-call-utils.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from '../selectors/loading-selectors.js';
+import { threadInfoSelector } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { isLoggedInToKeyserver } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import type { KeyserverOverride } from '../shared/invite-links.js';
 import { useIsKeyserverURLValid } from '../shared/keyserver-utils.js';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
   InviteLinkVerificationResponse,
 } from '../types/link-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from '../types/loading-types.js';
+import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import type { ThreadJoinPayload } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
@@ -155,8 +157,9 @@
   +inviteSecret: string,
   +keyserverOverride: ?KeyserverOverride,
   +calendarQuery: () => CalendarQuery,
-  +onFinish: () => mixed,
+  +closeModal: () => mixed,
   +setLinkStatus: SetState<LinkStatus>,
+  +navigateToThread: ThreadInfo => mixed,
 };
 function useAcceptInviteLink(params: AcceptInviteLinkParams): {
   +joinCommunity: () => mixed,
@@ -167,8 +170,9 @@
     inviteSecret,
     keyserverOverride,
     calendarQuery,
-    onFinish,
+    closeModal,
     setLinkStatus,
+    navigateToThread,
   } = params;
 
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
@@ -271,6 +275,7 @@
     setLinkStatus,
   ]);
 
+  const [joined, setJoined] = React.useState(false);
   React.useEffect(() => {
     void (async () => {
       if (!ongoingJoinData || !isAuthenticated) {
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@
           },
           inviteLinkSecret: inviteSecret,
         });
-        onFinish();
+        setJoined(true);
         ongoingJoinData.resolve(result);
       } catch (e) {
         setLinkStatus(status => (status === 'valid' ? 'invalid' : status));
@@ -308,10 +313,29 @@
     inviteSecret,
     isAuthenticated,
     ongoingJoinData,
-    onFinish,
+    closeModal,
     setLinkStatus,
   ]);
 
+  const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!joined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const threadID = verificationResponse.community?.id;
+    if (!threadID || !threadInfos[threadID]) {
+      closeModal();
+      return;
+    }
+    navigateToThread(threadInfos[threadID]);
+  }, [
+    joined,
+    navigateToThread,
+    closeModal,
+    threadInfos,
+    verificationResponse.community?.id,
+  ]);
+
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const joinCommunity = React.useCallback(() => {
     void dispatchActionPromise(
diff --git a/native/navigation/invite-link-modal.react.js b/native/navigation/invite-link-modal.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/invite-link-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/invite-link-modal.react.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import type { KeyserverOverride } from 'lib/shared/invite-links';
 import type { InviteLinkVerificationResponse } from 'lib/types/link-types.js';
+import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types';
 
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from './nav-selectors.js';
 import { NavContext } from './navigation-context.js';
@@ -50,13 +51,22 @@
     }),
   );
 
+  const navigateToThreadWithParams = useNavigateToThread();
+  const navigateToThread = React.useCallback(
+    (threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => {
+      navigateToThreadWithParams({ threadInfo });
+    },
+    [navigateToThreadWithParams],
+  );
+
   const { joinCommunity, joinThreadLoadingStatus } = useAcceptInviteLink({
     verificationResponse: invitationDetails,
     inviteSecret: secret,
     keyserverOverride,
     calendarQuery,
-    onFinish: props.navigation.goBack,
+    closeModal: props.navigation.goBack,
     setLinkStatus,
+    navigateToThread,
   });
 
   const header = React.useMemo(() => {
@@ -90,7 +100,6 @@
   ]);
 
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
-  const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
   const closeModal = React.useCallback(() => {
     const communityID = invitationDetails.community?.id;
     if (
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@
       communityID &&
       threadInfos[communityID]
     ) {
-      navigateToThread({ threadInfo: threadInfos[communityID] });
+      navigateToThread(threadInfos[communityID]);
     } else {
       props.navigation.goBack();
     }
diff --git a/web/invite-links/accept-invite-modal.react.js b/web/invite-links/accept-invite-modal.react.js
--- a/web/invite-links/accept-invite-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/invite-links/accept-invite-modal.react.js
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 import type { LinkStatus } from 'lib/hooks/invite-links.js';
 import type { KeyserverOverride } from 'lib/shared/invite-links.js';
 import { type InviteLinkVerificationResponse } from 'lib/types/link-types.js';
+import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
+import { useDispatch } from 'lib/utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 import css from './accept-invite-modal.css';
 import Button, { buttonThemes } from '../components/button.react.js';
+import { updateNavInfoActionType } from '../redux/action-types.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 
@@ -33,13 +36,30 @@
   const { popModal } = useModalContext();
   const calendarQuery = useSelector(nonThreadCalendarQuery);
 
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const navigateToThread = React.useCallback(
+    (threadInfo: ThreadInfo) => {
+      dispatch({
+        type: updateNavInfoActionType,
+        payload: {
+          chatMode: 'view',
+          activeChatThreadID: threadInfo.id,
+          tab: 'chat',
+        },
+      });
+      popModal();
+    },
+    [dispatch, popModal],
+  );
+
   const { joinCommunity, joinThreadLoadingStatus } = useAcceptInviteLink({
     verificationResponse,
     inviteSecret,
     keyserverOverride,
     calendarQuery,
-    onFinish: popModal,
+    closeModal: popModal,
     setLinkStatus,
+    navigateToThread,
   });
 
   let content;