EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY
Last updated April 2024
To qualify for employment with the FBI, applicants must not violate any of the automatic
employment disqualiers. 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 disqualiers outlined below during the FBI background investigation
process.
Employment Disqualiers
The following factors will automatically disqualify
job candidates from employment with the FBI:
• Non-U.S. citizenship
• A felony conviction
• A domestic violence conviction
• Violating the FBI Employment Drug Policy
• Defaulting on a student loan insured by the U.S.
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
• Failing to le federal, state, or local income tax
returns
Please note that if any of the
above factors apply to you, you
don’t qualify for FBI employment.
Please make sure you can meet
FBI employment requirements and
pass all disqualiers 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 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
intelligence missions by hiring the most qualied
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 disqualied if they deliberately
misrepresent their drug history in connection with
their application for employment. Additionally,
candidates are automatically disqualied 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.
• Cannabidiol (CBD) or hemp-derived products
which consist of more than 0.3 percent
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) meet the legal