App: [HOLD for payment 2021-12-06] [$250] When creating new accounts, allow users to enter their phone numbers with - and/or ( ) and spaces

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Action Performed:

Flow 1:

1. Navigate to NewDot
2. Input a phone number as login using any of symbols -, (, ) or spaces (e.g. +1 (222) 222 2222)

Flow 2:

1. Open concierge chat in NewDot
2. Click the call icon on the top right
3. Input a phone number as login using any of symbols -, (, ) or spaces (e.g. +1 (222) 222 2222)

Expected Result:

The user should be able to sign in or request a call from concierge just fine . The number input by the user should be cleaned before being sent to the back-end, stripping -, (, ) and spaces.

Actual Result:

We get validation errors

## Platform: Where is this issue occurring? ALL

Version Number: Reproducible in staging?: Reproducible in production?: Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: https://github.com/Expensify/Expensify/issues/183582# Issue reported by: Slack conversation:

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