diff --git a/src/register/ConfigurableRegistrationForm.jsx b/src/register/ConfigurableRegistrationForm.jsx
index 844949f0..36bc66a9 100644
--- a/src/register/ConfigurableRegistrationForm.jsx
+++ b/src/register/ConfigurableRegistrationForm.jsx
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ const ConfigurableRegistrationForm = (props) => {
   });
 
   const handleOnChange = (event, countryValue = null) => {
-    const { name, type } = event.target;
+    const { name } = event.target;
     let value;
     if (countryValue) {
       value = { ...countryValue };
     } else {
       value = event.target.type === 'checkbox' ? event.target.checked : event.target.value;
-      if (type === 'checkbox') {
+      if (event.target.type === 'checkbox') {
         setFieldErrors(prevErrors => ({ ...prevErrors, [name]: '' }));
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx b/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
index ef049455..24c832d5 100644
--- a/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
+++ b/src/register/RegistrationPage.jsx
@@ -190,25 +190,27 @@ const RegistrationPage = (props) => {
   }, [registrationErrorCode]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let countryCode = '';
-    let countryDisplayValue = '';
+    if (backendCountryCode && backendCountryCode !== configurableFormFields?.country?.countryCode) {
+      let countryCode = '';
+      let countryDisplayValue = '';
 
-    const selectedCountry = countryList.find(
-      (country) => (country[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY].toLowerCase() === backendCountryCode.toLowerCase()),
-    );
-    if (selectedCountry) {
-      countryCode = selectedCountry[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY];
-      countryDisplayValue = selectedCountry[COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY];
-    }
-    setConfigurableFormFields(prevState => (
-      {
-        ...prevState,
-        country: {
-          countryCode, displayValue: countryDisplayValue,
-        },
+      const selectedCountry = countryList.find(
+        (country) => (country[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY].toLowerCase() === backendCountryCode.toLowerCase()),
+      );
+      if (selectedCountry) {
+        countryCode = selectedCountry[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY];
+        countryDisplayValue = selectedCountry[COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY];
       }
-    ));
-  }, [backendCountryCode, countryList]);
+      setConfigurableFormFields(prevState => (
+        {
+          ...prevState,
+          country: {
+            countryCode, displayValue: countryDisplayValue,
+          },
+        }
+      ));
+    }
+  }, [backendCountryCode, countryList]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   /**
    * We need to remove the placeholder from the field, adding a space will do that.
diff --git a/src/register/data/constants.js b/src/register/data/constants.js
index 0c0f68fb..34d75e4b 100644
--- a/src/register/data/constants.js
+++ b/src/register/data/constants.js
@@ -173,6 +173,3 @@ export const DEFAULT_TOP_LEVEL_DOMAINS = [
 
 export const COUNTRY_CODE_KEY = 'code';
 export const COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY = 'name';
-
-export const EXPAND_MORE_ICON = 'expand-more';
-export const EXPAND_LESS_ICON = 'expand-less';
diff --git a/src/register/data/utils.js b/src/register/data/utils.js
index 99f3ba0c..190cb539 100644
--- a/src/register/data/utils.js
+++ b/src/register/data/utils.js
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ export function validateCountryField(value, countryList, errorMessage) {
     // evaluated and set its value as a valid value.
     const selectedCountry = countryList.find(
       (country) => (
-        // When translations apply extra space added in country value so we should
-        // trim that.
+        // When translations are applied, extra space added in country value, so we should trim that.
         country[COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY].toLowerCase().trim() === normalizedValue
         || country[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY].toLowerCase().trim() === normalizedValue
       ),
diff --git a/src/register/registrationFields/CountryField.jsx b/src/register/registrationFields/CountryField.jsx
index cbe8440e..19af5ff9 100644
--- a/src/register/registrationFields/CountryField.jsx
+++ b/src/register/registrationFields/CountryField.jsx
@@ -1,153 +1,61 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 
 import { useIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { Icon, IconButton } from '@edx/paragon';
-import { ExpandLess, ExpandMore } from '@edx/paragon/icons';
+import { FormAutosuggest, FormAutosuggestOption, FormControlFeedback } from '@edx/paragon';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
-import { FormGroup } from '../../common-components';
-import {
-  COUNTRY_CODE_KEY, COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY, EXPAND_LESS_ICON, EXPAND_MORE_ICON,
-} from '../data/constants';
+import { COUNTRY_CODE_KEY, COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY } from '../data/constants';
 import messages from '../messages';
 
 const CountryField = (props) => {
   const { countryList, selectedCountry } = props;
-
-  const dropdownRef = useRef(null);
   const { formatMessage } = useIntl();
-  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState(props.errorMessage);
-  const [dropDownItems, setDropDownItems] = useState([]);
-  const [displayValue, setDisplayValue] = useState('');
-  const [trailingIcon, setTrailingIcon] = useState(EXPAND_MORE_ICON);
 
-  const onBlurHandler = (event, itemClicked = false, countryName = '') => {
-    const { name } = event.target;
-    const relatedName = event.relatedTarget ? event.relatedTarget.name : '';
-    // For a better user experience, do not validate when focus out from 'country' field
-    // and focus on 'countryItem' or 'countryExpand' button.
-    if ((relatedName === 'countryItem' || relatedName === 'countryExpand') && name === 'country') {
-      return;
-    }
-    const countryValue = itemClicked ? countryName : displayValue;
-    if (props.onBlurHandler) {
-      props.onBlurHandler({ target: { name: 'country', value: countryValue } });
-    }
-    setTrailingIcon(EXPAND_MORE_ICON);
-    setDropDownItems([]);
-  };
-
-  const getDropdownItems = (countryToFind = null) => {
-    let updatedCountryList = countryList;
-    if (countryToFind) {
-      updatedCountryList = countryList.filter(
-        (option) => (option.name.toLowerCase().includes(countryToFind.toLowerCase())),
-      );
-    }
-
-    return updatedCountryList.map((country) => {
-      const countryName = country[COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY];
-      return (
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          name="countryItem"
-          className="dropdown-item data-hj-suppress"
-          value={countryName}
-          key={country[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY]}
-          onClick={(event) => onBlurHandler(event, true, countryName)}
-          /* This event will prevent the blur event to be fired,
-           as blur event is having higher priority than click event and restricts the click event.
-          */
-          onMouseDown={(event) => event.preventDefault()}
-        >
-          {countryName.length > 30 ? countryName.substring(0, 30).concat('...') : countryName}
-        </button>
-      );
-    });
+  const handleSelected = (value) => {
+    if (props.onBlurHandler) { props.onBlurHandler({ target: { name: 'country', value } }); }
   };
 
   const onFocusHandler = (event) => {
-    const { name, value } = event.target;
-    setDropDownItems(getDropdownItems(name === 'country' ? value : displayValue));
-    setTrailingIcon(EXPAND_LESS_ICON);
-    setErrorMessage('');
     if (props.onFocusHandler) { props.onFocusHandler(event); }
   };
 
-  const onChangeHandler = (event) => {
-    const filteredItems = getDropdownItems(event.target.value);
-    setDropDownItems(filteredItems);
-    setDisplayValue(event.target.value);
-    if (props.onChangeHandler) { props.onChangeHandler(event, { countryCode: '', displayValue: event.target.value }); }
-  };
-
-  const handleOnClickOutside = () => {
-    setTrailingIcon(EXPAND_MORE_ICON);
-    setDropDownItems([]);
-  };
-
-  const handleTrailingIconClick = () => {
-    if (trailingIcon === EXPAND_MORE_ICON) {
-      setDropDownItems(getDropdownItems());
-      setTrailingIcon(EXPAND_LESS_ICON);
-    } else {
-      setDropDownItems([]);
-      setTrailingIcon(EXPAND_MORE_ICON);
+  const onChangeHandler = (value) => {
+    if (props.onChangeHandler) {
+      props.onChangeHandler({ target: { name: 'country' } }, { countryCode: '', displayValue: value });
     }
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handleClickOutside = (event) => {
-      if (dropdownRef.current && !dropdownRef.current.contains(event.target)) {
-        handleOnClickOutside();
-      }
-    };
-    document.addEventListener('click', handleClickOutside, true);
-    return () => {
-      document.removeEventListener('click', handleClickOutside, true);
-    };
-  }, []);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (selectedCountry.displayValue) {
-      setDisplayValue(selectedCountry.displayValue);
-    }
-  }, [selectedCountry]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setErrorMessage(props.errorMessage);
-  }, [props.errorMessage]);
+  const getCountryList = () => countryList.map((country) => (
+    <FormAutosuggestOption key={country[COUNTRY_CODE_KEY]}>
+      {country[COUNTRY_DISPLAY_KEY]}
+    </FormAutosuggestOption>
+  ));
 
   return (
-    <div ref={dropdownRef} className="mb-4">
-      <FormGroup
-        as="input"
-        name="country"
-        autoComplete="chrome-off"
-        className="mb-0"
+    <div className="mb-4">
+      <FormAutosuggest
         floatingLabel={formatMessage(messages['registration.country.label'])}
-        trailingElement={(
-          <IconButton
-            name="countryExpand"
-            size="sm"
-            variant="secondary"
-            alt="expand-dropdown"
-            iconAs={Icon}
-            src={trailingIcon === EXPAND_MORE_ICON ? ExpandMore : ExpandLess}
-            onBlur={() => {}}
-            onClick={handleTrailingIconClick}
-            onFocus={() => {}}
-          />
-        )}
-        value={displayValue}
-        errorMessage={errorMessage}
-        handleChange={onChangeHandler}
-        handleBlur={onBlurHandler}
-        handleFocus={onFocusHandler}
-      />
-      <div className="dropdown-container">
-        { dropDownItems?.length > 0 ? dropDownItems : null }
-      </div>
+        aria-label="form autosuggest"
+        name="country"
+        value={selectedCountry.displayValue || ''}
+        onSelected={(value) => handleSelected(value)}
+        onFocus={(e) => onFocusHandler(e)}
+        onBlur={(e) => handleSelected(e.target.value)}
+        onChange={(value) => onChangeHandler(value)}
+      >
+        {getCountryList()}
+      </FormAutosuggest>
+      {props.errorMessage !== '' && (
+        <FormControlFeedback
+          key="error"
+          className="form-text-size"
+          hasIcon={false}
+          feedback-for="country"
+          type="invalid"
+        >
+          {props.errorMessage}
+        </FormControlFeedback>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx b/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
index 2a580eb1..bb41c4c1 100644
--- a/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
+++ b/src/register/tests/RegistrationPage.test.jsx
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
     registrationPage.find('input#username').simulate('change', { target: { value: payload.username, name: 'username' } });
     registrationPage.find('input#email').simulate('change', { target: { value: payload.email, name: 'email' } });
 
-    registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('change', { target: { value: payload.country, name: 'country' } });
-    registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('blur', { target: { value: payload.country, name: 'country' } });
+    registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('change', { target: { value: payload.country, name: 'country' } });
+    registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('blur', { target: { value: payload.country, name: 'country' } });
 
     if (!isThirdPartyAuth) {
       registrationPage.find('input#password').simulate('change', { target: { value: payload.password, name: 'password' } });
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       registrationPage.find('input#password').simulate('blur', { target: { value: '', name: 'password' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="password"]').text()).toContain(emptyFieldValidation.password);
 
-      registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('blur', { target: { value: '', name: 'country' } });
+      registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('blur', { target: { value: '', name: 'country' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').text()).toEqual(emptyFieldValidation.country);
     });
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
 
     it('should run validations for focused field on form submission', () => {
       const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
-      registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('focus');
+      registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('focus');
       registrationPage.find('button.btn-brand').simulate('click');
 
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').text()).toEqual(emptyFieldValidation.country);
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="password"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
 
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').text()).toEqual(emptyFieldValidation.country);
-      registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('focus');
+      registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('focus');
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
     });
 
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       });
 
       const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
-      expect(registrationPage.find('input#country').props().value).toEqual('Pakistan');
+      expect(registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').props().value).toEqual('Pakistan');
     });
 
     it('should display error message based on the error code returned by API', () => {
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       getLocale.mockImplementation(() => ('ar-ae'));
 
       const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
-      registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('focus');
+      registrationPage.find('input[name="country"]').simulate('click');
       registrationPage.find('button.dropdown-item').at(0).simulate('click', { target: { value: 'أفغانستان ', name: 'countryItem' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
     });
@@ -1064,18 +1064,6 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       registrationPage.find('input#email').simulate('change', { target: { value: 'a@gmail.com', name: 'email' } });
       expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="email"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
     });
-
-    it('should set country in component state when form is translated using browser translations', () => {
-      getLocale.mockImplementation(() => ('en-us'));
-
-      store.dispatch = jest.fn(store.dispatch);
-
-      const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
-      registrationPage.find('input#country').simulate('focus');
-      registrationPage.find('button.dropdown-item').at(0).simulate('click', { target: { value: undefined, name: undefined, parentElement: { parentElement: { value: 'Afghanistan' } } } });
-      expect(registrationPage.find('input#country').props().value).toEqual('Afghanistan');
-      expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="country"]').exists()).toBeFalsy();
-    });
   });
 
   describe('Test Configurable Fields', () => {
@@ -1104,6 +1092,7 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
     });
 
     it('should submit form with fields returned by backend in payload', () => {
+      getLocale.mockImplementation(() => ('en-us'));
       jest.spyOn(global.Date, 'now').mockImplementation(() => 0);
       store = mockStore({
         ...initialState,
@@ -1204,16 +1193,6 @@ describe('RegistrationPage', () => {
       expect(registrationPage.find('#profession-error').last().text()).toEqual(professionError);
     });
 
-    it('should not remove errors from form fields when country is selected by clicking on expand button', () => {
-      const registrationPage = mount(reduxWrapper(<IntlRegistrationPage {...props} />));
-      registrationPage.find('button.btn-brand').simulate('click');
-      expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="name"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-
-      registrationPage.find('button[name="countryExpand"]').simulate('click');
-      registrationPage.find('button.dropdown-item').at(0).simulate('click', { target: { value: 'Pakistan', name: 'countryItem' } });
-      expect(registrationPage.find('div[feedback-for="name"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
     it('should check TOS and honor code fields if they exist when auto submitting register form', () => {
       getLocale.mockImplementation(() => ('en-us'));
       store = mockStore({
diff --git a/src/sass/_registration.scss b/src/sass/_registration.scss
index 5b4f93a0..63baf2c8 100644
--- a/src/sass/_registration.scss
+++ b/src/sass/_registration.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 .register-stateful-button-width {
   min-width: 14.4rem;
 }
+
+.pgn__form-autosuggest__wrapper > .pgn__form-group {
+  margin-bottom: 0 !important;
+}