Global criminal turnaround times
At Zinc our goal is to provide you with full transparency of when you can expect your candidate's checks to be complete.
By providing you with our most recent turnaround time data split in three different ways, we hope to empower you with the information and context you need to run a smooth and efficient background checking process.
Global criminal check turnaround times
Last updated: 7th May 5:20pm
Country
Turnaround time
Albania
42 minutes
Algeria
36 minutes
American Samoa
0.18 hours
Andorra
30 minutes
Angola
17 hours
Antigua and Barbuda
1 days
Argentina
6 days
Armenia
9 days
Australia
13 days
Austria
4 days
Azerbaijan
19 hours
Bahamas
43 minutes
Bahrain
9 days
Bangladesh
23 hours
Barbados
31 minutes
Belarus
2 hours
Belgium
38 minutes
Belize
2 hours
Benin
4 minutes
Bermuda
15 minutes
Bhutan
36 minutes
Bolivia
9 hours
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 hours
Botswana
6 hours
Brazil
24 hours
British Indian Ocean Territory
1 hours
Bulgaria
4 days
Cambodia
3 days
Cameroon
35 minutes
Canada
21 hours
Cayman Islands
2 hours
Chile
8 days
China
2 days
Colombia
22 hours
Costa Rica
41 minutes
Cote d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
15 hours
Croatia
9 hours
Cuba
1 hours
Cyprus
17 hours
Czech Republic
11 days
Denmark
29 days
Dominica
3 days
Dominican Republic
28 minutes
Ecuador
17 hours
Egypt
5 days
El Salvador
16 hours
England & Wales
7.96 days
Estonia
35 minutes
Ethiopia
20 hours
Finland
36 minutes
France
14 days
French Polynesia
18 mins
Gambia
60 minutes
Georgia
8 days
Germany
18 days
Ghana
5 hours
Gibraltar
1 hours
Greece
6 days
Guernsey
2.87 days
Honduras
1 days
Hong Kong
35 minutes
Hungary
14 days
Iceland
35 minutes
India
12 hours
Indonesia
20 hours
Iran
4 hours
Ireland
4 hours
Israel
18 hours
Italy
2 hours
Jamaica
39 minutes
Japan
47 minutes
Jordan
34 minutes
Kazakhstan
12 hours
Kenya
1 hours
Kingdom of Eswatini
1 hours
Kosovo
2 hours
Kuwait
7 hours
Country
Turnaround time
Kyrgyzstan
10 hours
Laos
0.7 hours
Latvia
25 days
Lebanon
1 hours
Lesotho
39 minutes
Lithuania
3 days
Luxembourg
6 days
Madagascar
41 minutes
Malawi
7 minutes
Malaysia
5 hours
Malta
2 hours
Mauritius
35 minutes
Mexico
1 days
Moldova
6 hours
Monaco
12 minutes
Montenegro
10 hours
Morocco
35 minutes
Namibia
40 minutes
Nepal
38 minutes
Netherlands
20 days
New Zealand
3 days
Niger
22.1 hours
Nigeria
2 days
Northern Ireland
9 days
North Macedonia
8 hours
Norway
3 hours
Oman
4 hours
Pakistan
11 hours
Palestine
32 minutes
Panama
41 minutes
Paraguay
2 days
Peru
2 days
Philippines
8 days
Poland
6 days
Portugal
36 minutes
Puerto Rico
4 hours
Qatar
4 hours
Romania
4 hours
Russia
2 hours
Rwanda
38 minutes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19 hours
Saudi Arabia
33 minutes
Scotland
10 days
Senegal
6 hours
Serbia
11 days
Singapore
47 minutes
Slovakia
8 days
Slovenia
1 hours
South Africa
5 days
South Korea
4 hours
Spain
18 hours
Sri Lanka
18 hours
Sudan
2 hours
Sweden
19 days
Switzerland
11 days
Syria
2 days
Taiwan
1 days
Tajikistan
6 hours
Tanzania
10 minutes
Thailand
6 days
Trinidad and Tobago
16 hours
Tunisia
38 minutes
Turkey
5 days
Uganda
31 minutes
Ukraine
7 days
United Arab Emirates
5 days
United Kingdom
10 hours
United States
3 days
Uruguay
52 minutes
Uzbekistan
1 days
Vanuatu
17.3 hours
Venezuela
3 hours
Vietnam
20 hours
Yemen
14.4 hours
Zambia
43 minutes
Zimbabwe
39 minutes