EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY

Employment Disqualiers

Below are specic elements that will automatically

disqualify job candidates for employment with the

FBI. These include:

• Non-U.S. citizenship

• Conviction of a felony (special agent candidates

only: conviction of a domestic violence

misdemeanor or more serious offense)

• Violation of the FBI Employment Drug Policy

(please see below for additional details)

• Drug use while holding a clearance

• Default on a student loan insured by the U.S.

Government

• Failure of an FBI-administered urinalysis drug test

• Failure to register with the Selective Service

System (for males only, exceptions apply – please

click here to nd out more)

• Knowingly or willfully engaged in acts or activities

designed to overthrow the U.S. government by

force

• Engagement in prostitution or bestiality

• Failure to pay court ordered child support

• Failure to le federal, state, or local income tax

returns

Please note that if you are disqualied by any of the

above tests, you are not eligible for employment

with the FBI. Please make sure you can meet 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

workplace. Interested applicants who are currently

using illegal drugs, 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 keeping the

public integrity necessary to accomplish its law

enforcement and intelligence missions by hiring the

most qualied candidates. The guidelines are used

by all entities in the hiring process to help determine

whether an applicant’s prior drug use makes them

eligible and/or suitable for FBI employment.

A candidate will be found unsuitable for employment

and automatically disqualied if they deliberately

misrepresents 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

employment.

Marijuana or cannabis use before the candidate’s

18th birthday is not a disqualier for FBI

employment, however. Adjudicative personnel

will evaluate the candidate by using the

“wholepersonconcept.”

In order to be eligible for employment with the FBI, applicants must not violate

any of the automatic employment disqualiers and must adhere to the FBI’s

pre-employment drug policy. Please ensure you meet these standards before

submitting an application. All of the disqualiers highlighted below are extensively

researched during the FBI background investigation process.

Employment Eligibility 2

Dronabinol (sold as Marinol, Syndros, or generic

equivalents) is the only pharmaceutical drug

containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that the

FDA has approved for lawful use with a medical

prescription. Candidates cannot present “medical

marijuana cards” or other prescriptions as mitigating

factors for marijuana or cannabis use.

Illegal Drugs

Candidates cannot have used any illegal

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

years preceding the date of the application for

employment. Additionally, candidates cannot have

sold, distributed, manufactured, or transported any

illegal drug or controlled substance without legal

authorization.

Prescription Drugs/Legally

Obtainable Substances

• Candidates cannot have misused any

prescription drug within one (1) year preceding

the date of application for employment.

• Candidates cannot have abused any prescription

drug or legally obtained substance (e.g.,

inhalants, solvents, aerosols, etc.) within three

(3) years preceding the date of application for

employment.

• Candidates cannot have used anabolic

steroids without a prescription from a licensed

practicing physician within the past ten (10)

years preceding the date of the application for

employment.

• Finally, candidates cannot have sold, distributed,

manufactured, or transported any prescription

drug without legal authorization.

FBI BackgroundInvestigation

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

with former and current colleagues, neighbors,

friends, professors, etc. Before applying for any FBI

position, please make sure that the FBI Employment

Disqualiers do not apply to you.