Departmental cadres can go abroad after a few years of retirement.

Short-term vacations of retired personnel and cadres to Hong Kong and Macao, except in special circumstances, generally do not exceed three months; Generally, those who go abroad do not exceed one year. Holidays are counted from the date of departure. The holidays of retired and resigned workers shall be approved by the units that issue retirement fees and retirement living expenses; The leave of retired and resigned cadres shall be approved by the competent department according to the cadre management authority.

For retired department-level cadres who go abroad (for personal reasons), their documents for going abroad (for borders) shall be kept by themselves, and going abroad (for borders) for personal reasons does not need to be approved by the unit. I am a retired bureau-level cadre in charge of the province. For personal reasons, I don't have a certificate of going abroad on business, and the unit organizes the personnel department to keep it in a unified and centralized manner.

Legal basis:

Provisions of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Labor and Personnel, and the Ministry of Finance on the wages of employees of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives who leave the country for private purposes, etc. Article 1 After leaving the country for a short period of time, retired cadres are required to leave the country and settle down (including letters from themselves or entrust relatives and friends to handle it on their behalf) and go to Hong Kong and Macao. If you want to go abroad, you should apply to the original work unit or the competent department and go through the relevant formalities according to the regulations.

Article 4 of the Interim Provisions on Strengthening the Administration of State Staff Going Abroad for Private Purposes.

The following national staff (hereinafter referred to as "registered personnel") who apply for going abroad (territory) for personal reasons shall submit their opinions on the applicant's going abroad (territory) to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ where the household registration is located.

(a) leading cadres at or above the county (department) level of party and government organs at all levels, people's congresses, CPPCC, people's courts, people's procuratorates, people's organizations and institutions, and retired cadres at or above the department (bureau) level;

(2) Legal representatives of financial institutions and state-owned enterprises, leading members of financial institutions at or above the county level and leading cadres at corresponding ranks, middle-level and above managers of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, and representatives of state-owned shares of state-owned holding and shareholding enterprises;

(three) personnel involved in national security, state-owned assets security and business secrets in various departments and industries.