diff --git a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/MetaProposalList.scala b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/MetaProposalList.scala
index 33865484..1f34648d 100644
--- a/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/MetaProposalList.scala
+++ b/modules/common/src/main/scala/docspell/common/MetaProposalList.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ case class MetaProposalList private (proposals: List[MetaProposal]) {
   def change(f: MetaProposal => MetaProposal): MetaProposalList =
     new MetaProposalList(proposals.map(f))
 
+  def replace(mp: MetaProposal): MetaProposalList = {
+    val next = proposals.filter(_.proposalType != mp.proposalType)
+    MetaProposalList(mp :: next)
+  }
+
   def filter(f: MetaProposal => Boolean): MetaProposalList =
     new MetaProposalList(proposals.filter(f))
 
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/CrossCheckProposals.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/CrossCheckProposals.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06c85ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/CrossCheckProposals.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package docspell.joex.process
+
+import cats.data.NonEmptyList
+import cats.data.OptionT
+import cats.effect.Sync
+import cats.implicits._
+
+import docspell.common._
+import docspell.joex.scheduler.Task
+
+/** After candidates have been determined, the set is reduced by doing
+  * some cross checks. For example: if a organization is suggested as
+  * correspondent, the correspondent person must be linked to that
+  * organization. So this *removes all* person candidates that are not
+  * linked to the first organization candidate (which will be linked
+  * to the item).
+  */
+object CrossCheckProposals {
+
+  def apply[F[_]: Sync](data: ItemData): Task[F, ProcessItemArgs, ItemData] =
+    Task { ctx =>
+      val proposals = data.finalProposals
+      val corrOrg   = proposals.find(MetaProposalType.CorrOrg)
+      (for {
+        orgRef   <- OptionT.fromOption[F](corrOrg)
+        persRefs <- OptionT.liftF(EvalProposals.findOrganizationRelation(data, ctx))
+        clProps <- OptionT.liftF(
+          personOrgCheck[F](ctx.logger, data.classifyProposals, persRefs)(orgRef)
+        )
+        atProps <- OptionT.liftF {
+          data.metas.traverse(ra =>
+            personOrgCheck[F](ctx.logger, ra.proposals, persRefs)(orgRef).map(nl =>
+              ra.copy(proposals = nl)
+            )
+          )
+        }
+      } yield data.copy(classifyProposals = clProps, metas = atProps)).getOrElse(data)
+    }
+
+  def personOrgCheck[F[_]: Sync](
+      logger: Logger[F],
+      mpl: MetaProposalList,
+      persRefs: Map[Ident, PersonRef]
+  )(
+      corrOrg: MetaProposal
+  ): F[MetaProposalList] = {
+    val orgId = corrOrg.values.head.ref.id
+    mpl.find(MetaProposalType.CorrPerson) match {
+      case Some(ppl) =>
+        val list = ppl.values.filter(c =>
+          persRefs.get(c.ref.id).exists(_.organization == Some(orgId))
+        )
+
+        if (ppl.values.toList == list) mpl.pure[F]
+        else
+          logger.debug(
+            "Removing person suggestion, because it doesn't match organization"
+          ) *> NonEmptyList
+            .fromList(list)
+            .map(nel => mpl.replace(MetaProposal(ppl.proposalType, nel)))
+            .getOrElse(mpl.filter(_.proposalType != ppl.proposalType))
+            .pure[F]
+
+      case None =>
+        mpl.pure[F]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/EvalProposals.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/EvalProposals.scala
index 772e9c03..8846b27a 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/EvalProposals.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/EvalProposals.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ object EvalProposals {
       ctx: Context[F, _]
   ): F[Map[Ident, PersonRef]] = {
     val corrPersIds = data.metas
-      .flatMap(_.proposals.find(MetaProposalType.CorrPerson))
+      .map(_.proposals)
+      .appended(data.classifyProposals)
+      .flatMap(_.find(MetaProposalType.CorrPerson))
       .flatMap(_.values.toList.map(_.ref.id))
       .toSet
     ctx.store
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ItemData.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ItemData.scala
index f7f52fe5..f19a4244 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ItemData.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ItemData.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ case class ItemData(
     classifyTags: List[String]
 ) {
 
+  /** sort by weight; order of equal weights is not important, just
+    * choose one others are then suggestions
+    *  doc-date is only set when given explicitely, not from "guessing"
+    */
+  def finalProposals: MetaProposalList =
+    MetaProposalList
+      .flatten(metas.map(_.proposals))
+      .filter(_.proposalType != MetaProposalType.DocDate)
+      .sortByWeights
+      .fillEmptyFrom(classifyProposals)
+
   def findMeta(attachId: Ident): Option[RAttachmentMeta] =
     metas.find(_.id == attachId)
 
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/LinkProposal.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/LinkProposal.scala
index be8d34c8..6fa15978 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/LinkProposal.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/LinkProposal.scala
@@ -17,14 +17,7 @@ object LinkProposal {
         .map(_ => data)
     else
       Task { ctx =>
-        // sort by weight; order of equal weights is not important, just
-        // choose one others are then suggestions
-        // doc-date is only set when given explicitely, not from "guessing"
-        val proposals = MetaProposalList
-          .flatten(data.metas.map(_.proposals))
-          .filter(_.proposalType != MetaProposalType.DocDate)
-          .sortByWeights
-          .fillEmptyFrom(data.classifyProposals)
+        val proposals = data.finalProposals
 
         ctx.logger.info(s"Starting linking proposals") *>
           MetaProposalType.all
diff --git a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
index c119b467..1ba548de 100644
--- a/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
+++ b/modules/joex/src/main/scala/docspell/joex/process/ProcessItem.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ object ProcessItem {
     TextAnalysis[F](cfg.textAnalysis, analyser, regexNer)(item)
       .flatMap(FindProposal[F](cfg.textAnalysis))
       .flatMap(EvalProposals[F])
+      .flatMap(CrossCheckProposals[F])
       .flatMap(SaveProposals[F])
 
   private def processAttachments0[F[_]: ConcurrentEffect: ContextShift](