EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY

Last updated April 2024

To qualify for employment with the FBI, applicants must not violate any of the automatic

employment disqualiers. They must also follow the FBI’s employment drug policy. Please

ensure you meet these standards before submitting an application. The FBI extensively

researches all of the disqualiers outlined below during the FBI background investigation

process.

Employment Disqualiers

The following factors will automatically disqualify

government

• Failing an FBI-administered urinalysis drug test

• Failing to register with the Selective Service

System (for applicants who were assigned male at

birth only, exceptions apply – please click here to

nd out more)

• Knowingly or willfully engaging in acts or activities

designed to overthrow the U.S. government by

force

• Failing to pay court ordered child support

FBI employment requirements and

pass all disqualiers before you

submit an application.

Employment Drug Policy

The FBI is rmly committed to a drug-free

using illegal drugs or misusing or abusing legal

drugs or other substances for illicit purposes at

the time of the application process will be found

unsuitable for employment.

The FBI balances the needs of the organization and

the importance of maintaining the public integrity

necessary to accomplish its law enforcement and

and automatically disqualied if they deliberately

misrepresent their drug history in connection with

their application for employment. Additionally,

candidates are automatically disqualied under the

following criteria:

Marijuana Usage

• Candidates cannot have used marijuana or

cannabis in any form (natural or synthetic) and in

any location (domestic or foreign) within the one

(1) year preceding the date of their application for

denition of marijuana.

• Dronabinol (sold as Marinol, Syndros, or

generic equivalents) is the only pharmaceutical

drug containing THC that the Food and Drug

Administration has approved for lawful use with a

medical prescription.

Other Illegal Drugs

• Candidates cannot have used any illegal

drug, other than marijuana, within the ten (10)

years preceding the date of the application for

unsuitable and disqualied.

• Candidates who have abused any prescription

drug or over-the-counter substance within three

(3) years preceding the date of application

for employment may be found unsuitable and

disqualied.

• Candidates who have abused any legally obtained

substance (e.g., inhalants, solvents, etc.) within

three (3) years preceding the date of application

for employment may be found unsuitable and

All FBI employees must undergo an FBI background

investigation to receive an FBI Top Secret security

clearance. Once you have received and accepted a

conditional job offer, the FBI will initiate an intensive

background investigation. You must go through

this background investigation, and you must pass,

before moving forward with employment. The

preliminary employment requirements include a

polygraph examination; a test for illegal drug use;

credit and records checks; and extensive interviews