How to apply for retirement when you are an employee?
Verified 01 September 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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Suspension of pension reform
During his policy speech to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister announced a suspension of the pension reform.
Since 1er In January 2024, the minimum retirement age and the insurance period required to qualify for a full pension are gradually being raised to 64 years and 172 quarters respectively.
The proposed suspension is to change the timetable for gradually raising these two parameters.
If this proposal is voted by the National Assembly and published in the Official Journal, this page will be updated accordingly.
You are employee and you're thinking about retiring. Choose your departure date, apply, inform your employer administration... We present you with the information you need to know before starting your process.
Step-by-step approach
You can choose your retirement date.
However, you must meet certain conditions.
The starting point of retirement must be on 1er day of a month. It cannot be earlier than the date of filing your retirement application.
If you submit your application on 1er On the day of a month, you can request that the starting point of your retirement be set on the day of filing your application.
If you do not specify a departure date, it is automatically set on 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.
If you want to determine the earliest date of your departure, you must take into account your anniversary date :
Born on the 1st day of the month
If you were born on 1er on the day of a month, you can apply to retire as soon as on your birthday at the minimum age of departure.
Example :
You were born on 1er october 1963, you can retire from 62 years and 9 months or 1er July 2026. You can apply to retire from 1er July 2026.
Born another day
If you were born on a day other than 1er on the day of a month, you can apply to retire from 1er day of the month that follows your birthday month at the minimum age of departure.
Example :
You were born on October 14, 1963, you can retire from 62 years and 9 months or from July 14, 2026. You can apply to retire from 1er August 2026.
You can apply for your retirement online on the official website Info Retraite, from your retirement account, using the service My steps / Applying for retirement.
Info Retirement - My retirement account
Before starting your online process, the help tool called My credentials allows you to obtain a list of the main supporting documents that you will need to attach to your application.
Obtain a list of supporting documents to attach to a retirement or reversion application
The online service Applying for retirement accessible from your retirement account allows you to one request which is automatically transmitted to all pension funds basic and supplementary pension to which you are entitled.
The online retirement application form is personalized and pre-filled with certain information.
You must complete it and attach the requested scanned or photographed evidence.
When entering your information, you can return to the previous step at any time.
You can also save your application and come back to it later. It is kept for 90 days.
You can monitor the status of your application at any time.
You must apply for retirement at least 5 months prior to departure desired.
For better understand the online single retirement application service, we invite you to watch this video:
Vidéo - Apply for my retirement online on the Retirement Info website
This online service allows you to make a single pension application with all your basic and supplementary plans.
Here are some practical tips to get started in the best conditions in this online approach.
Before starting, consult your online career statement to verify that all your activities have been taken into account. Also check that you are meeting the recommended deadlines for applying for retirement: generally between 4 and 6 months before the desired departure date.
Fill in your desired departure date and type of request.
Then you just have to fill out the form.
Practical, it is pre-filled and personalized!
The application for retirement is made in six stages.
When you enter, you can return to the previous step at any time to change the information you entered.
You wish to stop and resume your retirement application at another time.
No problem!
You can record and return to it later. It is kept for 90 days.
As you complete the form, you will see a list of supporting documents to attach. You will only have to add them by scanning or photographing them.
At the last step, a summary is available to check and modify your information if necessary.
Is everything okay? All you have to do is validate!
Your application is then forwarded to each of your pension plans for processing.
You are informed by email of its sending.
You have the option to upload your completed application.
If necessary your plans will contact you for more details on your request.
You will be able to follow the progress of your application at any time from the follow-up service.
Now it's up to you!
With info Retraite all your pension plans simplifies your procedures.
One instructions for use is also available:
You must inform your employer of your wish to apply for your retirement or France Travail of your admission to retirement.
Employer
If you leave voluntarily in retirement, you must inform your employer the date of your departure.
The law does not provide for any specific procedure.
However, you must comply with the provisions of the collective agreement or your employment contract (if they exist).
You must notify your employer early enough to be able to comply with a advance notice, the duration of which is the same as that provided for in the case of dismissal.
It is recommended to notify your employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
A template is available:
France Labor
If you are registered at France Travail, you must declare your retirement pensions as part of your monthly refresh, when you receive official confirmation from your pension funds of the allocation of your retirement pensions.
The allocation of your retirement pensions may result in:
- Either the adjustment of the amount of your unemployment benefits if you are compensated
- Or the total cessation of the payment of your unemployment benefits, if you receive a full pension.
In most pension plans, the pension is paid each month with an expired term, i.e. at the end of the period for which it is due.
For example, if you retire on 1er may, your 1re Retirement pension is paid to you by the Retirement Insurance at the end of May or beginning of June and then every month thereafter.
You can consult the payment schedules of each of your pension funds on the official Info Retraite website in your retirement account, under Retirement payments.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
If you have a question about your basic retirement
Pension insurance - 39 60
To inform you about your situation, ask a question about your file, access personal information (file tracking, latest payments, etc.).
By phone
39.60 (or 09 71 10 39 60 from a mobile, a box or the foreigner)
Free service + call price
Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm
If you have a question about your supplementary pension
Agirc-ArrcoIf you have a question about your situation when you retire
France Job seekers - 3949
By phone
39.49
- To update your situation, report a change of situation, inform you of a payment: automated service 7 days a week, 24 hours a day - Free service + call price
- To be put in contact with an advisor to register, inquire, modify an appointment: service accessible at the times set by each agency France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) - Free service + price call
From the foreigner: + 33 1 77 86 39 49
By courier
Access via the contact form
Online service
Online service
Modèle de document
Online service
National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav)
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