Vision Standards

[rockinrobin21]

I recently read the announcement and was not too clear on this topic in regards if your vision had to be corrected 20/20 or uncorrected 20/60 or the requirements state you have to have both. Does anyone know this?

[jim411]

The Secret Service has a very tough vision standard. Your vision can be no worse than 20/60 uncorrected. Most agencies will accept 20/200 uncorrected. So, if your uncorrected vision is 20/70, the USSS will not hire you even if your vision is corrected to 20/20 with glasses or contacts. If you should lose your glasses while working, they want to make sure you can at least see 20/60 without them. In order to get hired by the USSS, your vision must be corrected to 20/20.

If you have poor vision, say 20/200, and you correct it with surgery to 20/40, I believe the USSS will consider you a viable applicant because you now meet the 20/60 standard. You would still have to have your vision corrected perhaps with glasses to 20/20. Years ago I worked for the Uniformed Division. When I applied I found out my vision was 20/25. I did not wear glasses and did not know that vision less than 20/20. In order to get hired, I had to get glasses that corrected my vision to 20/20 although I never wore my glasses. They just wanted to see that on paper my vision had been corrected to 20/20.