diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index 164c09dc764..5cebe10a3ec 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ function InternalTextInput(props: TextInputProps): React.Node {
         before we can get to the long term breaking change.
       */
       if (instance != null) {
+        // Register the input immediately when the ref is set so that focus()
+        // can be called from ref callbacks
+        // Double registering during useLayoutEffect is fine, because the underlying
+        // state is a Set.
+        TextInputState.registerInput(instance);
+
         // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] - See the explanation above.
         // $FlowFixMe[unsafe-object-assign]
         Object.assign(instance, {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
index 192456169e7..600eee6fedb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ const ViewNativeComponent: HostComponent<Props> =
   }));
 
 interface NativeCommands {
-  +focus: () => void;
-  +blur: () => void;
+  +focus: (viewRef: HostInstance) => void;
+  +blur: (viewRef: HostInstance) => void;
   +hotspotUpdate: (viewRef: HostInstance, x: number, y: number) => void;
   +setPressed: (viewRef: HostInstance, pressed: boolean) => void;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/__tests__/ReactFabricPublicInstance-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/__tests__/ReactFabricPublicInstance-itest.js
index 1d0543d14c7..dcd1cd1df25 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/__tests__/ReactFabricPublicInstance-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/__tests__/ReactFabricPublicInstance-itest.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import '@react-native/fantom/src/setUpDefaultReactNativeEnvironment';
 import type {HostInstance} from 'react-native';
 
 import ReactNativeElement from '../../../../src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement';
+import TextInput from '../../../Components/TextInput/TextInput';
 import TextInputState from '../../../Components/TextInput/TextInputState';
 import View from '../../../Components/View/View';
 import ReactFabricHostComponent from '../ReactFabricHostComponent';
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ describe('ReactFabricPublicInstance', () => {
       const nodeRef = createRef<HostInstance>();
 
       Fantom.runTask(() => {
-        root.render(<View ref={nodeRef} />);
+        root.render(<TextInput ref={nodeRef} />);
       });
 
       const node = nullthrows(nodeRef.current);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ describe('ReactFabricPublicInstance', () => {
       const ref = createRef<HostInstance>();
 
       Fantom.runTask(() => {
-        root.render(<View ref={ref} />);
+        root.render(<TextInput ref={ref} />);
       });
 
       const node = nullthrows(ref.current);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement.js
index 3da3ed4484a..78ab5696f43 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/ReactNativeElement.js
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import type {InstanceHandle} from './internals/NodeInternals';
 import type ReactNativeDocument from './ReactNativeDocument';
 
 import TextInputState from '../../../../../Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInputState';
+import {Commands as ViewCommands} from '../../../../../Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent';
 import {create as createAttributePayload} from '../../../../../Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/ReactNativeAttributePayload';
 import warnForStyleProps from '../../../../../Libraries/ReactNative/ReactFabricPublicInstance/warnForStyleProps';
+import * as ReactNativeFeatureFlags from '../../../featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags';
 import {
   getNativeElementReference,
   getPublicInstanceFromInstanceHandle,
@@ -140,11 +142,19 @@ class ReactNativeElement extends ReadOnlyElement implements NativeMethods {
    */
 
   blur(): void {
-    TextInputState.blurTextInput(this);
+    if (TextInputState.isTextInput(this)) {
+      TextInputState.blurTextInput(this);
+    } else if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enableImperativeFocus()) {
+      ViewCommands.blur(this);
+    }
   }
 
   focus() {
-    TextInputState.focusTextInput(this);
+    if (TextInputState.isTextInput(this)) {
+      TextInputState.focusTextInput(this);
+    } else if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enableImperativeFocus()) {
+      ViewCommands.focus(this);
+    }
   }
 
   measure(callback: MeasureOnSuccessCallback) {