Any person living in the United States must make his or her request for French retirement benefits at a local US Social Security office. Complete your retirement application To apply for your retirement benefits, you'll need to complete the appropriate retirement application for your plan.France's statutory retirement age varies according to your date of birth. It is 62 for those born between 1955 and August 31st, 1961. French President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law Saturday. Those efforts led to Brown's Butch Lewis Act being included in the American Rescue Plan, which saved the pensions of more than 100,000 Ohioans. Sign up for the County Executive's weekly newsletter and stay up to date on everything Howard County. STACEY VANEK SMITH, BYLINE: In the latest act of protest against the raising of the retirement age, French protesters got loud. It may take up to four weeks after the IRS receives an update for a tax return preparer's information to be added or revised in the directory.