Q. I’m in the MRA+10 category. If I leave government and apply for a postponed annuity, when can I enroll in FEHB? And, if so, would it be only after receiving an annuity or only during Open Season? A. When you apply for your postponed annuity, let OPM know that you want to re-enroll in the FEHB program. Then when you annuity begins. so will your FEHB coverage.
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Q. If I’m at my minimum retirement age, have 20 years of service, retire and postpone my retirement until 59 instead of 60, would my annuity be reduced by 5 percent or 15 percent? A. You’d be retiring under the MRA+10 provision. Therefore, your annuity would be reduced by 5 percent for every year you were under age 62.
Q. Can I take a postponed retirement with 30 years in if I haven’t reached my minimum retirement age?
Q. I am MRA +10 and want to postpone receipt of my FERS annuity until I turn 62. My agency says if I choose to “postpone” I can’t retire but have to resign and contact the Office of Personnel Management six months before my 62nd birthday. How do I “retire and postpone” instead of resign?
Q. Where on the retirement application does one request postponement? I was told that to use MRA + 10 (24 years, age 56, which is my MRA) I would have to resign.
Q. What is the deadline/latest into the already submitted process that a person can ask for his or her retirement date to be pushed back?
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Q. Do I have any options for early retirement that will allow me to keep Federal Employees Health Benefits if I retire at age 52-55 with 20-23 years of service with a minimum retirement age of 57? I know I can take postponed, but then I lose FEHB. So I was wondering if there was any other way.
Q. I intend to retire from government civilian service at age 60 under MRA + 10. At the time of my retirement, I will have 15 years of service. Accordingly, as I understand it, I will be eligible to defer or postpone my retirement annuity until age 62, thereby bypassing the age reduction penalty. Would I lose any of my accumulated sick hours (currently 1,200 hours) under either the deferred or postponed retirement programs?
Q. I plan on separating from the government Jan. 10, 2015, at 56 years, six months and nine days old and postpone getting my annuity until June or July 2018, when I will be 60 years old. My service computation date is May 6, 1990. To accomplish this, my understanding was to submit an SF-52 with Section E filled out to resign and then, approximately 90 days before I wanted my annuity to start, submit a RI92-19 to apply. But I keep reading where I can retire under MRA+10 on a regular retirement form, and there is a way to…