diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
index 67e0aeed7..14f542490 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
@@ -516,6 +516,10 @@ class DomainApplication(TimeStampedModel):
         application into an admin on that domain.
         """
 
+        # create the domain if it doesn't exist
+        Domain = apps.get_model("registrar.Domain")
+        created_domain, _ = Domain.objects.get_or_create(name=self.requested_domain)
+
         # create the permission for the user
         UserDomainRole = apps.get_model("registrar.UserDomainRole")
         UserDomainRole.objects.get_or_create(
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
index 0d1864496..270592753 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_information.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class DomainInformation(TimeStampedModel):
 
-    """A registrant's domain information for that domain, exported from 
+    """A registrant's domain information for that domain, exported from
     DomainApplication."""
 
     StateTerritoryChoices = DomainApplication.StateTerritoryChoices
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class DomainInformation(TimeStampedModel):
         blank=True,
         null=True,
         # Access this information via Domain as "domain.info"
-        related_name="domain_info",  
+        related_name="domain_info",
         help_text="Domain to which this information belongs",
     )
     alternative_domains = models.ManyToManyField(
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class DomainInformation(TimeStampedModel):
         da_dict = domain_application.to_dict()
         # remove the id so one can be assinged on creation
         da_id = da_dict.pop("id")
-        # check if we have a record that corresponds with the domain 
+        # check if we have a record that corresponds with the domain
         # application, if so short circuit the create
         domain_info = cls.objects.filter(domain_application__id=da_id).first()
         if domain_info:
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class DomainInformation(TimeStampedModel):
         alternative_domains = da_dict.pop("alternative_domains")  # just in case
         domain_info = cls(**da_dict)
         domain_info.domain_application = domain_application
-        # Save so the object now have PK 
+        # Save so the object now have PK
         # (needed to process the manytomany below before, first)
         domain_info.save()