How to apply for a pension when you are a public official?

Verified 23 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You are public official and you're looking at retiring. Choose your departure date, make the request, inform your employer administration... We present you with the information you need to know before you start your process depending on whether you are a public servant or a contractor.

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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 allocated to you from 1er day of the month following your termination activity, unless you retire for age limit.

So for example, if you apply for your retirement starting May 16, you will only be paid on May 1er on 15 may in may and your retirement pension will only be granted to you from 1er June.

It is advisable to stop your activity on last day of a month. This means that you can receive your last full monthly salary and your retirement pension the following month.

Your retirement pension is allocated to you from the day of your termination activity only if you retire for age limit.

If you are a public servant of sedentary category, the age limit shall be 67 years. If you retire on the day of your 67the birthday, your retirement is assigned to you on the day of your 67th birthdaye birthday, whatever that date is.

So for example, if you're 67 on May 17, you have to leave on May 17. You get paid on the 1ster on May 16 by your employer administration and your pension is allocated to you from May 17.

You can apply for your retirement online on the official website Pension Info, from your pension account, using the Apply for my retirement.

Make your one-time retirement request

This service allows you to one request who is automatically transmitted to all pension funds basic and supplementary pensions from which you are entitled to a retirement pension.

The online pension application form is personalized and pre-filled with certain information.

You must complete it and attach the requested supporting documents scanned or photographed.

When you enter your information, you can return to the previous step at any time.

You can also save your request and return to it later. It is kept for 90 days.

You can monitor the status of your application at any time.

You must apply for a pension at least 6 months before your departure date desired.

For better understanding the online single pension request service, we invite you to watch a video

Vidéo - Request my retirement online on the Pension Info site
Credits : Public interest grouping "Union retirement"

One instructions for use is also available:

My unique retirement request: how to use it

You must inform your employer administration from the date of your departure.

There is no specific procedure in the act.

It is recommended to notify 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 due date, i.e. at the end of the period for which it is due.

For example, if you are admitted to retirement on the 1ster may, your 1re superannuation is paid to you by the SRE: titleContent or the CNRACL: titleContent end of May and monthly thereafter.

You can consult the payment schedules of each of your pension funds on the official website Pension Info in your pension account, under Pension payments.

My Retirement Account

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You can choose the date of your retirement.

However, you must meet certain conditions.

The starting point of retirement chosen must be on 1er day of a month.

And the starting point you choose cannot be earlier than the date you apply for your pension.

If you file your application on 1er  On a day of one 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 fixed on 1er the day of the month following the date of receipt of your request.

If you want to determine the date of your departure as soon as possible, you must take into account your anniversary date:

You were born on the first day of a month

If you were born on 1er day of a month, you can ask to retire as soon as on your birthday at the minimum age of departure.

Example :

You were born on the 1ster october 1963, you can retire from age 62 and 9 months or from 1er July 2026. You can apply to retire as early as 1er July 2026.

You were born another day

If you were born on a day other than 1er day of a month, you can ask to retire starting on 1er day of the month following the month of your birthday at the minimum age of departure.

Example :

You were born on October 14, 1963, you can retire from 62 years and 9 months of age or from July 14, 2026. You can apply to retire as early as 1er August 2026.

You can apply for your retirement online on the official website Pension Info, from your pension account, using the Apply for my retirement.

Make your one-time retirement request

This service allows you to one request who is automatically transmitted to all pension funds basic and supplementary pensions from which you are entitled to a retirement pension.

The online pension application form is personalized and pre-filled with certain information.

You must complete it and attach the requested supporting documents scanned or photographed.

When you enter your information, you can return to the previous step at any time.

You can also save your request and return to it later. It is kept for 90 days.

You can monitor the status of your application at any time.

You must apply for your pension at least 5 months before your departure date desired.

For better understanding the online single pension request service, we invite you to watch a video

Vidéo - Request my retirement online on the Pension Info site
Credits : Public interest grouping "Union retirement"

One instructions for use is also available:

My unique retirement request: how to use it

You must inform your employer administration from the date of your departure.

There is no specific procedure in the act.

It is recommended to notify 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 agreed maturity, that is, at the end of the period for which it is due.

For example, if you are admitted to retirement on the 1ster may, your 1re Retirement pension is paid to you by the Pension Insurance at the end of May or beginning of June and then each month thereafter.

You can check the payment schedules for each of your pension funds on the official Pension Info site in your pension account, under Pension payments.

My Retirement Account