diff --git a/tests/unit/workflow/engine/classes/ProcessesTest.php b/tests/unit/workflow/engine/classes/ProcessesTest.php
index 207ebe127..e8fa446cc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/workflow/engine/classes/ProcessesTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/workflow/engine/classes/ProcessesTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use ProcessMaker\Model\Dynaform;
 use ProcessMaker\Model\InputDocument;
 use ProcessMaker\Model\OutputDocument;
 use ProcessMaker\Model\Process;
+use ProcessMaker\Model\ProcessVariables;
 use Tests\TestCase;
 
 class ProcessesTest extends TestCase
@@ -479,4 +480,70 @@ class ProcessesTest extends TestCase
             $this->assertObjectHasAttribute($key, $result);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test it create a variable from old xml fields
+     *
+     * @covers \Processes::createProcessVariables()
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_create_variables_from_import_old()
+    {
+        $process = factory(\ProcessMaker\Model\Process::class)->create();
+        $attributes[] = [
+            'VAR_UID' => G::generateUniqueID(),
+            'PRJ_UID' => $process->PRO_UID,
+            'VAR_NAME' => 'varTest',
+            'VAR_FIELD_TYPE' => 'integer',
+            'VAR_FIELD_SIZE' => 10,
+            'VAR_LABEL' => 'string',
+            'VAR_DBCONNECTION' => '',
+            'VAR_SQL' => '',
+            'VAR_NULL' => 0,
+            'VAR_DEFAULT' => '',
+            'VAR_ACCEPTED_VALUES' => '[]',
+            'INP_DOC_UID' => ''
+        ];
+        $processes = new Processes();
+        $processes->createProcessVariables($attributes);
+        $result = ProcessVariables::getVariables($process->PRO_ID);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($result);
+        $result = head($result);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('PRO_ID', $result, "The result does not contains 'PRO_ID' as a key");
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID', $result, "The result does not contains 'VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID' as a key");
+        $this->assertEquals($result['VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID'], 2);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test it create a variable from new xml fields
+     *
+     * @covers \Processes::createProcessVariables()
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_create_variables_from_import_new()
+    {
+        $process = factory(\ProcessMaker\Model\Process::class)->create();
+        $attributes[] = [
+            'VAR_UID' => G::generateUniqueID(),
+            'PRJ_UID' => $process->PRO_UID,
+            'VAR_NAME' => 'varTest',
+            'VAR_FIELD_TYPE' => 'string',
+            'VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID' => 1,
+            'VAR_FIELD_SIZE' => 10,
+            'VAR_LABEL' => 'string',
+            'VAR_DBCONNECTION' => '',
+            'VAR_SQL' => '',
+            'VAR_NULL' => 0,
+            'VAR_DEFAULT' => '',
+            'VAR_ACCEPTED_VALUES' => '[]',
+            'INP_DOC_UID' => ''
+        ];
+        $processes = new Processes();
+        $processes->createProcessVariables($attributes);
+        $result = ProcessVariables::getVariables($process->PRO_ID);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($result);
+        $result = head($result);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('PRO_ID', $result, "The result does not contains 'PRO_ID' as a key");
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID', $result, "The result does not contains 'VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID' as a key");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/Processes.php b/workflow/engine/classes/Processes.php
index 1c928ed61..9807cc72e 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/Processes.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/Processes.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use ProcessMaker\BusinessModel\EmailEvent;
+use ProcessMaker\BusinessModel\Variable as BmVariable;
 use ProcessMaker\Core\System;
 
 class Processes
@@ -1863,8 +1864,21 @@ class Processes
                 $criteria = new Criteria(ProcessVariablesPeer::DATABASE_NAME);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_UID, $row['VAR_UID']);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::PRJ_UID, $row['PRJ_UID']);
+                // Load the PRO_ID
+                $process = new Process();
+                if ($process->processExists($row['PRJ_UID'])) {
+                    $processRow = $process->load($row['PRJ_UID']);
+                    $row['PRO_ID'] = $processRow['PRO_ID'];
+                    if (!empty($row['PRO_ID'])) {
+                        $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::PRO_ID, $row['PRO_ID']);
+                    }
+                }
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_NAME, $row['VAR_NAME']);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_FIELD_TYPE, $row['VAR_FIELD_TYPE']);
+                if (empty($row['VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID'])) {
+                    $row['VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID'] = BmVariable::$varTypesValues[$row["VAR_FIELD_TYPE"]];
+                }
+                $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID, $row['VAR_FIELD_TYPE_ID']);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_FIELD_SIZE, $row['VAR_FIELD_SIZE']);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_LABEL, $row['VAR_LABEL']);
                 $criteria->add(ProcessVariablesPeer::VAR_DBCONNECTION, $row['VAR_DBCONNECTION']);
@@ -3609,6 +3623,8 @@ class Processes
             $oDataset->setFetchmode(ResultSet::FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
             $oDataset->next();
             while ($aRow = $oDataset->getRow()) {
+                unset($aRow['VAR_ID']);
+                unset($aRow['PRO_ID']);
                 $aVars[] = $aRow;
                 $oDataset->next();
             }
diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
index 8e34a01fb..263c08fc6 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 namespace ProcessMaker\Importer;
 
+use Process as ModelProcess;
 use Processes;
 use ProcessMaker\BusinessModel\Migrator;
 use ProcessMaker\BusinessModel\Migrator\ImportException;
 use ProcessMaker\Model\Process;
+use ProcessMaker\Model\ProcessVariables;
 use ProcessMaker\Project;
 use ProcessMaker\Project\Adapter;
 use ProcessMaker\Util;
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ abstract class Importer
                 }
                 //Shouldn't generate new UID for all objects
                 /*----------------------------------********---------------------------------*/
-                if($objectsToImport === ''){
+                if ($objectsToImport === '') {
                 /*----------------------------------********---------------------------------*/
                     try {
                         $this->verifyIfTheProcessHasStartedCases();
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ abstract class Importer
                     $diagram = $project->getStruct($projectUid);
                     $res = $project->updateFromStruct($projectUid, $diagram);
                 }
-                $this->updateTheProcessOwner($projectUid);
+                $this->updateProcessInformation($projectUid);
                 return $projectUid;
             }
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -342,17 +344,20 @@ abstract class Importer
         /*----------------------------------********---------------------------------*/
 
         $result = $this->doImport($generateUid);
-        $this->updateTheProcessOwner($result);
+        $this->updateProcessInformation($result);
         return $result;
     }
     
     /**
-     * This updates the process owner.
+     * This updates information related to the process
+     * 
      * @param string $proUid
+     * 
      * @return void
      */
-    private function updateTheProcessOwner(string $proUid): void
+    private function updateProcessInformation(string $proUid): void
     {
+        // Update the process owner
         $processOwner = $this->data["usr_uid"];
 
         $currentProcess = $this->getCurrentProcess();
@@ -363,6 +368,17 @@ abstract class Importer
         $process->update([
             'PRO_CREATE_USER' => $processOwner
         ]);
+
+        // Update the process Variables with the PRO_ID related
+        $process = new ModelProcess();
+        if ($process->processExists($proUid)) {
+            $processRow = $process->load($proUid);
+            $proId = $processRow['PRO_ID'];
+            $processVar = ProcessVariables::where('PRJ_UID', '=', $proUid);
+            $processVar->update([
+                'PRO_ID' => $proId
+            ]);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -887,7 +903,7 @@ abstract class Importer
             $this->importData["tables"]["workflow"]["process"] = $this->importData["tables"]["workflow"]["process"][0];
 
             $result = $this->doImport(true, false);
-            $this->updateTheProcessOwner($result);
+            $this->updateProcessInformation($result);
             return ['prj_uid' => $result];
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             return $e->getMessage();