diff --git a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
index 0e94915765c..36be79a39c4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/import/gitlab_projects_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class Import::GitlabProjectsController < Import::BaseController
   #TODO permissions stuff
 
   def new
-
+    @namespace_id = project_params[:namespace_id]
+    @path = project_params[:path]
   end
 
   def status
@@ -27,14 +28,14 @@ class Import::GitlabProjectsController < Import::BaseController
 
   def create
     file = params[:file]
-   # @project_name =
 
     repo_owner = current_user.username
     @target_namespace = params[:new_namespace].presence || repo_owner
 
-    namespace = get_or_create_namespace || (render and return)
-
-    @project = Project.create_from_import_job(current_user.id, File.expand_path(file.path))
+    @project = Project.create_from_import_job(current_user_id: current_user.id,
+                                              tmp_file: File.expand_path(file.path),
+                                              namespace_id: @namespace_id,
+                                              project_path: @path)
   end
 
   private
@@ -42,4 +43,10 @@ class Import::GitlabProjectsController < Import::BaseController
   def verify_gitlab_project_import_enabled
     render_404 unless gitlab_project_import_enabled?
   end
+
+  def project_params
+    params.require(:project).permit(
+      :path, :namespace_id,
+    )
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 18e647045cd..70921e02759 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -360,13 +360,13 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
       where(id: user.authorized_projects.select(:id).reorder(nil))
     end
 
-    def create_from_import_job(current_user_id:, tmp_file:)
-      job_id = ProjectImportWorker.perform_async(current_user_id, tmp_file)
+    def create_from_import_job(current_user_id:, tmp_file:, namespace_id:, project_path:)
+      job_id = ProjectImportWorker.perform_async(current_user_id, tmp_file, namespace_id, project_path)
 
       if job_id
-        Rails.logger.info "Import job started for #{path_with_namespace} with job ID #{job_id}"
+        Rails.logger.info "Import job started for export #{tmp_file} with job ID #{job_id}"
       else
-        Rails.logger.error "Import job failed to start for #{path_with_namespace}"
+        Rails.logger.error "Import job failed to start for #{tmp_file}"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/import/gitlab_projects/new.html.haml b/app/views/import/gitlab_projects/new.html.haml
index 9e798b8a63f..323b7810c59 100644
--- a/app/views/import/gitlab_projects/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/import/gitlab_projects/new.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   Import projects from FogBugz
 %hr
 
-= form_tag import_gitlab_project_path, class: 'form-horizontal' do
+= form_tag import_gitlab_project_path, class: 'form-horizontal', multipart: true do
   %p
     To get started you add your project export file below.
   .form-group
diff --git a/app/workers/project_import_worker.rb b/app/workers/project_import_worker.rb
index 6dd514b56a0..0e8b9552442 100644
--- a/app/workers/project_import_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/project_import_worker.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ class ProjectImportWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
   include Gitlab::ShellAdapter
 
-  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell
+  sidekiq_options queue: :gitlab_shell, retry: false
 
-  def perform(current_user_id, tmp_file)
+  def perform(current_user_id, tmp_file, namespace_id, path)
     current_user = User.find(current_user_id)
 
-    project = Gitlab::ImportExport::ImportService.execute(archive_file: tmp_file, owner: current_user)
+    project = Gitlab::ImportExport::ImportService.execute(archive_file: tmp_file,
+                                                          owner: current_user,
+                                                          namespace_id: namespace_id,
+                                                          project_path: path)
 
     # TODO: Move this to import service
     # if result[:status] == :error
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_service.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_service.rb
index 978a581f57a..5152d6ac182 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_service.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/import_service.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ module Gitlab
         new(args).execute
       end
 
-      def initialize(options = {})
-        @archive_file = options[:archive_file]
-        @current_user = options[:owner]
+      def initialize(archive_file:, owner:, namespace_id:, project_path:)
+        @archive_file = archive_file
+        @current_user = owner
+        @namespace_path = Namespace.find(namespace_id).path
+        @project_path = project_path
       end
 
       def execute
         Gitlab::ImportExport::Importer.import(archive_file: @archive_file, storage_path: storage_path)
         restore_project_tree
-        restore_repo(project_tree.project)
+        restore_repo
       end
 
       private
@@ -27,12 +29,16 @@ module Gitlab
         @project_tree ||= Gitlab::ImportExport::ProjectTreeRestorer.new(path: storage_path, user: @current_user)
       end
 
-      def restore_repo(project)
-        Gitlab::ImportExport::RepoRestorer.new(path: storage_path, project: project).restore
+      def restore_repo
+        Gitlab::ImportExport::RepoRestorer.new(path: storage_path, project: project_tree.project).restore
       end
 
       def storage_path
-        @storage_path ||= Gitlab::ImportExport.export_path(relative_path: project.path_with_namespace)
+        @storage_path ||= Gitlab::ImportExport.export_path(relative_path: path_with_namespace)
+      end
+
+      def path_with_namespace
+        File.join(@namespace_path, @project_path)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer.rb
index 4e0f555afe9..445f1d884d0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/project_tree_restorer.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module Gitlab
         project = Gitlab::ImportExport::ProjectFactory.create(
           project_params: project_params, user: @user)
         project.save
+        project.import_start
         project
       end