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hello this is Brandon and Christian of retirement benefits Institute we've got some great information today about your retirement documents when the time comes to retire you may be emotionally and financially ready but now you have paperwork to complete this detailed process takes time and preparation as you transition into that next stage you will have to cover these nuts and bolts even though you have already prepared for the big picture as you begin completing your retirement forms you will have documents that may need to be submitted it would be helpful to know what important retirement documents are needed married retirees will need a marriage certificate or proof of common-law marriage if you plan to leave less than the full spousal survivor benefit you must provide notarized consent of spa of your spouse if divorced a divorce decree or a court order showing entitlement to retirement and/or survivor benefits based on your federal service is needed if you have military service you will need copies of the dd-214 discharge forms of your military orders copy of your letter to waive retired pay if you choose to buy back your active-duty service for it to count towards your CSRs or FERS retirement system years of service and federal pension the notice of award of disability again talking of military the notice of award of retirement under reserves all those things may need to be part of documentation so now let's talk about that retirement application processing typically you should a lot 60 to 90 days for retirement application to be processed the process may take longer depending on your agency and OPM's workload if you submit your retirement application to your agency with the important retirement documents within 90 days prior to your federal retirement date it will not be sent to OPM until after you separate from your Federal service consider keeping a log of contact information for those in your agency's human resources and payroll office you will not be able to contact the Office of Personnel Management or OPM about your retirement paperwork until you have received your civil service annuitant number very important number hold on to it well there are also related retirement paperwork documents often when you are preparing for federal retirement you will wonder about how to handle Social Security and the TSP or thrift savings plan we have attached below information related to these two topics filing for your Social Security you may apply for Social Security at least three months before you plan to begin receiving a benefit contact your local Social Security office for more information or go online by clicking below TSP withdrawals if you intend to begin receiving TSP withdrawals after you retire consider waiting 30 days before filing a partial withdrawal or full withdrawal form note you are unable to file a post separation withdrawal until TSP has been notified of your federal retirement once TSP has been notified it typically takes them a couple...