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Surge in Retirements

Questions and answers

You should receive your case number within approximately 30 days of OPM receiving your completed retirement application. 

A few things to keep in mind: 

  • OPM cannot begin processing your application until your agency HR and payroll provider send us your full employment and pay history. 
  • On average, this can take about thirty days after your retirement date for us to receive. 
  • If your application is missing required documents or signatures, your agency will need to correct those issues before OPM can start processing your case.  
  • If you used the Online Retirement Application (ORA) to process your application, you can see where in the process your application sits prior to being received by OPM. 

Once OPM receives the application package, we’ll send you a case number associated with your retirement application. 

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