Does anyone know where to apply to become a customes, border patrol agent?

Answer 1

To begin, there is only one place you need to go. That is USAJobs. They are the official site of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency responsible for the hiring of new federal employees. Here are the steps you need to go through.

1.Go to www.usajobs.opm.gov

2.At the top of the page you will see several tabs like the subject dividers in a notebook. Click on the tab labeled MyUSAJOBS.

3.Once you’ve done this you will see a button in the middle of the page called, “create your account now!” Click on that.

4.Once you’ve finished creating an account then go to the search page. For simplicity I’ve included the address: http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/?WT.svl=navsearch

5.Under Keyword enter Border Patrol then hit the enter key and the first listing will be for an entry-level border patrol agent. The current vacancy announcement number is BPA 07-1.

If you have any questions you can go to the following site:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/careers/customs_careers/border_careers/gowith_bp.xml

This is the official FAQ page of the CBP.gov website. You can’t apply for a job at cbp.gov but they can answer your questions.

Don’t go to other sites. There are websites that supposedly link to the job openings but they may charge money or not work right, etc. I checked one of them out and they only BPA listing they had was old. (http://www.jobsfed.com)

Once you get into the application process OPM will allow you to list your top three choices for a location in which to be posted. Enjoy it… didn’t used to be that way.