diff --git a/packages/permissions/index.android.ts b/packages/permissions/index.android.ts
index 499a71e3f..3c59aaabd 100644
--- a/packages/permissions/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/permissions/index.android.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AndroidActivityRequestPermissionsEventData, AndroidApplication, Application, Trace, ApplicationSettings } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { PermissionStatus } from './common';
-import { PermissionCheckOptions, PermissionsType, PermissionRationale, PermissionRequestOptions } from '.';
+import { PermissionCheckOptions, PermissionsType, PermissionRationale, PermissionRequestOptions, PermissionResult } from '.';
 
 export * from './common';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function getAndroidActivity() {
 const NativePermissionsTypes: PermissionsType[] = ['location', 'camera', 'mediaLocation', 'microphone', 'contacts', 'event', 'storage', 'photo', 'callPhone', 'readSms', 'receiveSms', 'bluetoothScan', 'bluetoothConnect', 'bluetooth'];
 type NativePermissionsNames = typeof NativePermissionsTypes; // type Names = readonly ['Mike', 'Jeff', 'Ben']
 type NativePermissions = NativePermissionsNames[number];
-function getNativePermissions(permission: NativePermissions, options?) {
+function getNativePermissions(permission: NativePermissions, options?: PermissionCheckOptions | PermissionRequestOptions) {
 	switch (permission) {
 		case 'location': {
 			const result = [android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION];
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace PermissionsAndroid {
 	 *
 	 * See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/permissionsandroid.html#check
 	 */
-	export async function check(permission: string | string[]) {
+	export async function check(permission: string | string[]): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 		const context: android.content.Context = getAndroidActivity();
 		let result = true;
 		const granted = android.content.pm.PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace PermissionsAndroid {
 	 *
 	 * See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/permissionsandroid.html#request
 	 */
-	export async function request(permission: string, rationale?: PermissionRationale): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
+	export async function request(permission: string, rationale?: PermissionRationale): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 		// if (rationale) {
 		//     const shouldShowRationale = await shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(permission);
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace PermissionsAndroid {
 	 *
 	 * See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/permissionsandroid.html#requestmultiple
 	 */
-	export function requestMultiple(permissions: string[]): Promise<{ [permission: string]: PermissionStatus }> {
+	export function requestMultiple(permissions: string[]): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 		return requestMultiplePermissions(permissions);
 	}
 }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ function requestPermission(permission: string): Promise<PermissionStatus> {
 	});
 }
 
-async function requestMultiplePermissions(permissions: string[], options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<{ [permission: string]: PermissionStatus }> {
+async function requestMultiplePermissions(permissions: string[], options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 	const grantedPermissions = {};
 	const permissionsToCheck = [];
 	let checkedPermissionsCount = 0;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class Permissions {
 		return NativePermissionsTypes;
 	}
 
-	static async check(permission: PermissionsType, options?: PermissionCheckOptions): Promise<[PermissionStatus, boolean]> {
+	static async check(permission: PermissionsType, options?: PermissionCheckOptions): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 		if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
 			Trace.write(`check ${permission}`, Trace.categories.Permissions, Trace.messageType.info);
 		}
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ export class Permissions {
 		});
 	}
 
-	static request(permission: PermissionsType | PermissionsType[] | string[], options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<[PermissionStatus, boolean] | { [permission: string]: PermissionStatus }> {
+	static request(permission: PermissionsType | PermissionsType[] | string[], options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<PermissionResult> {
 		if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
 			Trace.write(`request ${permission}`, Trace.categories.Permissions, Trace.messageType.info);
 		}
diff --git a/packages/permissions/index.d.ts b/packages/permissions/index.d.ts
index 23e5b6e9c..b12cb6737 100644
--- a/packages/permissions/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/permissions/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { PermissionStatus } from './common';
 export * from './common';
 export type PermissionsType = 'location' | 'camera' | 'microphone' | 'photo' | 'contacts' | 'event' | 'reminder' | 'bluetooth' | 'bluetoothConnect' | 'bluetoothScan' | 'notification' | 'backgroundRefresh' | 'speechRecognition' | 'mediaLocation' | 'mediaLibrary' | 'motion' | 'storage' | 'callPhone' | 'readSms' | 'receiveSms';
+
 export interface PermissionRationale {
 	title: string;
 	message: string;
@@ -8,15 +9,14 @@ export interface PermissionRationale {
 	buttonNegative?: string;
 	buttonNeutral?: string;
 }
-export type PermissionCheckOptions = string | { type: string };
-export type PermissionRequestOptions = string | { type: string; rationale?: PermissionRationale };
-export type PermissionResult<T> = T extends any[] ? { [k: string]: PermissionStatus } : [PermissionStatus, boolean];
+export type PermissionCheckOptions = { type: 'always' | null | undefined };
+export type PermissionRequestOptions = PermissionCheckOptions & { rationale?: PermissionRationale };
+export type PermissionResult = { [k: PermissionsType]: { status: PermissionStatus; nativePermission: Array<string> } };
 
 export class Permissions {
 	static canOpenSettings(): Promise<boolean>;
 	static openSettings(): Promise<boolean>;
-	static getTypes(): Permissions[];
-	static check<T = Permissions>(permission: T, options?: PermissionCheckOptions): Promise<PermissionResult<T>>;
-	static request<T = Permissions | Permissions[] | string[]>(permission: T, options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<PermissionResult<T>>;
-	static checkMultiple<T = Permissions[]>(permissions: T): Promise<PermissionResult<T>>;
+	static getTypes(): Array<PermissionsType>;
+	static check(permission: Array<PermissionsType> | PermissionsType, options?: PermissionCheckOptions): Promise<PermissionResult>;
+	static request(permission: Array<PermissionsType> | PermissionsType, options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<PermissionResult>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/permissions/index.ios.ts b/packages/permissions/index.ios.ts
index ec1338897..dcd476dd0 100644
--- a/packages/permissions/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/permissions/index.ios.ts
@@ -729,15 +729,7 @@ export class Permissions {
 			return Promise.resolve([PermissionStatus.authorized, true]);
 		}
 
-		let type: PermissionCheckOptions;
-
-		if (typeof options === 'string') {
-			type = options;
-		} else if (options && options.type) {
-			type = options.type;
-		}
-
-		return PermissionsIOS.getPermissionStatus(permission, type || DEFAULTS[permission]);
+		return PermissionsIOS.getPermissionStatus(permission, options?.type || DEFAULTS[permission]);
 	}
 	static async request<T extends IOSPermissionTypes | IOSPermissionTypes[]>(permission: T, options?: PermissionRequestOptions): Promise<Result<T>> {
 		if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
@@ -764,16 +756,8 @@ export class Permissions {
 			throw new Error('You cannot request backgroundRefresh');
 		}
 
-		let type: PermissionRequestOptions;
-
-		if (typeof options === 'string') {
-			type = options;
-		} else if (options && options.type) {
-			type = options.type;
-		}
-
 		//@ts-ignore
-		return PermissionsIOS.requestPermission(permission, type || DEFAULTS[permission]);
+		return PermissionsIOS.requestPermission(permission, options?.type || DEFAULTS[permission]);
 	}
 	static checkMultiple(permissions: PermissionsType[]) {
 		return Promise.all(permissions.map((permission) => Permissions.check(<any>permission))).then((result) =>