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class="usa-nav__submenu-list"> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/usbp"> <span>U.S. Border Patrol</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/amo"> <span>Air and Marine Operations</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/ofo"> <span>Office of Field Operations</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/trade"> <span>Office of Trade</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/opr"> <span>Office of Professional Responsibility</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/career-paths/mission-ops"> <span>Other Career Opportunities</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="usa-col"> <div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="https://careers.cbp.gov/s/" 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aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: What Happens After I Retire? " > <span>What Happens After I Retire?</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="usa-sidenav__item"> <a href="/employee-resources/worklife-balance" aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: Worklife Balance " > <span>Worklife Balance</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-sidenav__item"> <a href="/employee-resources/getting-connected" aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: Ways to Connect " > <span>Ways to Connect</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-sidenav__item"> <a href="/employee-resources/health-wellness" aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: Health and Wellness " > <span>Health and Wellness</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-sidenav__item"> <a href="/employee-resources/quick-links" aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: Quick Links " > <span>Quick Links</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-sidenav__item"> <a href="/employee-resources/new-employees" aria-label="Left sidebar menu item for: New Employee Resources " > <span>New Employee Resources</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="block-employeeresourcesgovdelivery" class="block block-block-content block-block-content:26495aa5-0b24-48a0-9759-b0d50dd88210"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span contenteditable="false" tabindex="-1"><a data-widget="image" href="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBPR/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDHSCBPR_24" target="_blank"><img alt="GovDelivery Icon" data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="https://www.cbp.gov/assets/employee-family-resources/govdeliverysignup.png" style="width: 250px;"></a></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <div class="region-content desktop:grid-col-9"> <div class="region region-content"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <div id="block-pagetitle" class="block block-core block-page-title-block"> <h1 id="page-title" class="uswds-page-title page-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Retirement</span> </h1> </div> <div id="block-cbpd8-gov-theme-cbp-gov-theme-system-main" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article> <div> <div class="block block-cbp-plugins block-cbp-languae-switcher"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>It’s never too early to start planning for retirement. Whether you have decades or days left in service, Office of Human Resources Management can answer your questions and help you, our valued CBP employees, prepare and apply to retire. Through the <a href="http://cbpworkforce.cbp.gov/s/">Retirement and Benefits Portal</a>, all CBP employees have access to a one-stop shop to find information, submit a retirement application, monitor a retirement status, or access FAQs.</p> <p> </p> <div class="view view-media-gallery"> <ul class="usa-card-group"> <li class="usa-card tablet:grid-col-4"> <div class="usa-card__container"> <div class="usa-card__header"> <h2 class="usa-card__heading text-align-center"><a href="/employee-resources/benefits/retirement/planning">Planning for Retirement</a></h2> </div> <div class="usa-card__media"> <div class="usa-card__img"> <div alt="Retirement Planning Process diagram" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"","image_link":"file","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="357b1091-dc79-4869-badf-e1d767e5fde1" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <a href="/sites/default/files/rabas-plan-for-retirement-500x281.png"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/rabas-plan-for-retirement-500x281.png" alt="Retirement Planning Process diagram"> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-card__body"> <p>It’s never too early to start planning for retirement in order to ensure it goes smoothly. Here you will find information to help ensure your retirement starts well.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="usa-card tablet:grid-col-4"> <div class="usa-card__container"> <div class="usa-card__header"> <h2 class="usa-card__heading text-align-center"><a href="/employee-resources/retirement/forms">Retirement Forms</a></h2> </div> <div class="usa-card__media"> <div class="usa-card__img"> <div alt="File folder with the word forms on it" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"","image_link":"file","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8f4b1518-3e2f-4110-94ba-e5d81c197ca7" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <a href="/sites/default/files/rabas-forms-500x281.png"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/rabas-forms-500x281.png" alt="File folder with the word forms on it"> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-card__body"> <p>Browse and download your form(s) used to process retirement and insurance benefits. </p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="usa-card tablet:grid-col-4"> <div class="usa-card__container"> <div class="usa-card__header"> <h2 class="usa-card__heading text-align-center"><a href="/employee-resources/benefits/retirement/applying">Applying for Retirement</a></h2> </div> <div class="usa-card__media"> <div class="usa-card__img"> <div alt="Older gentleman sitting at a table typing on a laptop" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"","image_link":"file","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"}}" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a96765c7-ef0c-4878-8e03-ad7ba994b5b6" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <a href="/sites/default/files/rabas-applying-for-retirement-500x281.png"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/rabas-applying-for-retirement-500x281.png" alt="Older gentleman sitting at a table typing on a laptop"> 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