Early 2026 Retirement Claims

During January and February the Retirement Operations Center of OPM received upwards of 31K retirement claims. About half were digital and processed in just over a month. The remaining were paper-based and processed in a bit over 3 months.

Everyone’s work experience and retirement expectations are unique. GovExec.com has an article providing links to many forms, booklets and statistics as a good basis for your own research – don’t rely solely on the helpful advice of friends and co-workers. You should also avail yourself of the many NARFE webinars of wide interest to Federal employees and annuitants.