diff --git a/src/iden3comm/handlers/auth.ts b/src/iden3comm/handlers/auth.ts
index d0939f4a..2d845e11 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/handlers/auth.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/handlers/auth.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { parseAcceptProfile } from '../utils';
 export type AuthorizationRequestCreateOptions = {
   accept?: string[];
   scope?: ZeroKnowledgeProofRequest[];
+  expires_time?: Date;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ export function createAuthorizationRequestWithMessage(
       callbackUrl: callbackUrl,
       scope: opts?.scope ?? []
     },
-    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    expires_time: opts?.expires_time ? Math.floor(opts.expires_time.getTime() / 1000) : undefined
   };
   return request;
 }
diff --git a/src/iden3comm/handlers/credential-proposal.ts b/src/iden3comm/handlers/credential-proposal.ts
index fb5d1898..4e914f66 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/handlers/credential-proposal.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/handlers/credential-proposal.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ export type ProposalRequestCreationOptions = {
   credentials: ProposalRequestCredential[];
   metadata?: { type: string; data?: JsonDocumentObject };
   did_doc?: DIDDocument;
+  expires_time?: Date;
+};
+
+/** @beta ProposalCreationOptions represents proposal creation options */
+export type ProposalCreationOptions = {
+  expires_time?: Date;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -53,7 +59,8 @@ export function createProposalRequest(
     typ: MediaType.PlainMessage,
     type: PROTOCOL_MESSAGE_TYPE.PROPOSAL_REQUEST_MESSAGE_TYPE,
     body: opts,
-    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    expires_time: opts?.expires_time ? Math.floor(opts.expires_time.getTime() / 1000) : undefined
   };
   return request;
 }
@@ -69,7 +76,8 @@ export function createProposalRequest(
 export function createProposal(
   sender: DID,
   receiver: DID,
-  proposals?: Proposal[]
+  proposals?: Proposal[],
+  opts?: ProposalCreationOptions
 ): ProposalMessage {
   const uuidv4 = uuid.v4();
   const request: ProposalMessage = {
@@ -82,7 +90,8 @@ export function createProposal(
     body: {
       proposals: proposals || []
     },
-    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    expires_time: opts?.expires_time ? Math.floor(opts.expires_time.getTime() / 1000) : undefined
   };
   return request;
 }
diff --git a/src/iden3comm/handlers/payment.ts b/src/iden3comm/handlers/payment.ts
index 35ef109f..df860b83 100644
--- a/src/iden3comm/handlers/payment.ts
+++ b/src/iden3comm/handlers/payment.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ import { Signer, ethers } from 'ethers';
 import { Resolvable } from 'did-resolver';
 import { verifyExpiresTime } from './common';
 
+/** @beta PaymentRequestCreationOptions represents payment-request creation options */
+export type PaymentRequestCreationOptions = {
+  expires_time?: Date;
+};
+
+/** @beta PaymentCreationOptions represents proposal creation options */
+export type PaymentCreationOptions = {
+  expires_time?: Date;
+};
+
 /**
  * @beta
  * createPaymentRequest is a function to create protocol payment-request message
@@ -46,7 +56,8 @@ export function createPaymentRequest(
   sender: DID,
   receiver: DID,
   agent: string,
-  payments: PaymentRequestInfo[]
+  payments: PaymentRequestInfo[],
+  opts?: PaymentRequestCreationOptions
 ): PaymentRequestMessage {
   const uuidv4 = uuid.v4();
   const request: PaymentRequestMessage = {
@@ -60,7 +71,8 @@ export function createPaymentRequest(
       agent,
       payments
     },
-    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    expires_time: opts?.expires_time ? Math.floor(opts.expires_time.getTime() / 1000) : undefined
   };
   return request;
 }
@@ -154,7 +166,8 @@ export type PaymentRailsChainInfo = {
 export function createPayment(
   sender: DID,
   receiver: DID,
-  payments: PaymentTypeUnion[]
+  payments: PaymentTypeUnion[],
+  opts?: PaymentCreationOptions
 ): PaymentMessage {
   const uuidv4 = uuid.v4();
   const request: PaymentMessage = {
@@ -167,7 +180,8 @@ export function createPayment(
     body: {
       payments
     },
-    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)
+    created_time: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    expires_time: opts?.expires_time ? Math.floor(opts.expires_time.getTime() / 1000) : undefined
   };
   return request;
 }