How to apply for retirement when you are a public official?
Verified 01 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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You are public official and you're considering retirement. Choose your departure date, apply, inform your employer administration... We present you the information you need to know before starting your process depending on whether you are a civil servant or a contractor.
Public servant
You can choose the date of your retirement.
However, your remuneration is interrupted from the day of your delisting executives and your retirement pension is awarded from 1er day of the month following your termination of activity, unless you retire for age limit.
So for example, if you apply for your retirement from May 16, you will only be paid on 1er on 15 may in may and your retirement pension will only be awarded from 1er June.
It is advisable to stop your activity on last day of a month. You can benefit from a final full monthly salary and your retirement pension the following month.
Your retirement pension is awarded to you from the day of your cessation of activity only if you retire for age limit.
If you are a civil servant of sedentary categoryHowever, the age limit is 67. If you retire at age 67, you are removed from the executive ranks the day after you turn 67 and your pension is awarded to you the day after you turn 67.
For example, if you turn 67 on May 17, you must stop your activity on May 17. You get paid 1er on May 17 by your employer administration and your pension is allocated to you from May 18.
You can apply for your retirement online on the official website Retirement Info, from your retirement account, using the service Apply for my retirement.
Info Retirement - My retirement account
Before starting your online process, the help tool called My supporting documents 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 Apply for my 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 6 months prior to departure desired.
For better understand the online single retirement application service, we invite you to watch a video:
Vidéo - Apply for my retirement online on the Retirement Info website
This online service allows you to apply for a single pension with all your basic and supplementary plans.
Here are some practical tips to get started in the best conditions in this online approach.
Before you start, check your online career statement to ensure 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 in 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 want 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? You just have to 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 simplify your procedures.
One instructions for use is also available:
You must inform your employer administration the date of your departure.
The law does not provide for any specific procedure.
It is recommended to inform your employer administration by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by hand delivered mail against receipt.
In most pension plans, the pension is paid each month to maturity, 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 SRE: titleContent or the CNRACL: titleContent end of may and then every month thereafter.
You can consult the payment schedules of each of your pension funds on the official Retirement Info website in your retirement account, under Retirement payments.
Contractual
You can choose the date of your retirement.
However, you must meet certain conditions.
The starting point of the chosen retirement must be on 1er day of a month.
And the chosen starting point 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 for your retirement be set on the day you submit your application.
If you do not specify a date from the start, 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:
You were born on the 1st day of a 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 1964, you can retire from 62 years and 9 months or 1er July 2027. You can apply to retire from 1er July 2027.
You were 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 following your birthday month at the minimum age of departure.
Example :
You were born on October 14, 1964, you can retire from 62 years and 9 months or from July 14, 2027. You can apply to retire from 1er August 2027.
You can apply for your retirement online on the official website Retirement Info, from your retirement account, using the service Apply for my retirement.
Info Retirement - My retirement account
Before starting your online process, the help tool called My supporting documents 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 Apply for my 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 a video:
Vidéo - Apply for my retirement online on the Retirement Info website
This online service allows you to apply for a single pension with all your basic and supplementary plans.
Here are some practical tips to get started in the best conditions in this online approach.
Before you start, check your online career statement to ensure 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 in 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 want 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? You just have to 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 simplify your procedures.
One instructions for use is also available:
You must inform your employer administration the date of your departure.
The law does not provide for any specific procedure.
It is recommended to inform your employer administration by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by hand delivered mail against receipt.
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 Pension 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 Retirement Info website in your retirement account, under Retirement payments.
Online service
Online service
Retirement Union Public Interest Grouping
State Pensions Service (SRE) - Ministry of Public Finance
National Pension Fund for Local Government Employees (CNRACL)
Public Service Additional Retirement Institution (PSRA)
National Old-Age Insurance Fund
Supplementary pension institution for non-permanent civil servants (Ircantec)