Q. I am under FERS for retirement and would like to know how far in advance of my proposed MRA+10 retirement date I can submit my retirement paperwork. I have heard three months, four months and up to a year in advance.
A. For anyone whose career was at one agency and is short, like yours, you submit your paperwork early enough to allow your supervisor enough time to adjust the workload (or prepare to hire a replacement) and your personnel office enough time to review your case and get it in shape to send to OPM. While three months sounds good to me, you need to check with your personnel office to see what their processing time is.
