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
1.28 hours
Algeria
5.93 hours
American Samoa
0.18 hours
Andorra
1.37 hours
Antigua and Barbuda
9.7 hours
Argentina
3.98 days
Armenia
6.99 days
Australia
15.83 days
Austria
4.22 days
Azerbaijan
14.15 hours
Bahamas
0.23 hours
Bahrain
1.06 days
Bangladesh
19.33 hours
Barbados
1.3 hours
Belarus
1.93 hours
Belgium
1.01 hours
Belize
11 hours
Benin
0.49 hours
Bermuda
0.34 hours
Bhutan
0.7 hours
Bolivia
0.87 hours
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.01 hours
Botswana
15.59 hours
Brazil
1.34 days
British Indian Ocean Territory
0.76 hours
Bulgaria
4.93 days
Cambodia
20.02 hours
Cameroon
0.63 hours
Canada
1 days
Cayman Islands
13.03 hours
Chile
12.34 days
China
1.85 days
Colombia
22.96 hours
Costa Rica
1.58 hours
Cote d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
3.11 hours
Croatia
7.82 hours
Cyprus
20.95 hours
Czech Republic
4.3 days
Denmark
19.08 days
Dominica
2.9 days
Dominican Republic
0.36 hours
Ecuador
1.65 days
Egypt
6.9 days
El Salvador
19.47 hours
England & Wales
7.96 days
Estonia
2.44 hours
Ethiopia
20.08 hours
Finland
2.12 hours
France
15.62 days
French Polynesia
18 mins
Gambia
1.9 hours
Georgia
11.28 days
Germany
14.6 days
Ghana
6.61 hours
Gibraltar
0.33 hours
Greece
8.87 days
Guernsey
2.87 days
Honduras
2.87 days
Hong Kong
1.49 hours
Hungary
12.95 days
Iceland
9.02 hours
India
12.87 hours
Indonesia
19 hours
Iran
5.94 hours
Ireland
10.6 hours
Israel
2.58 days
Italy
4.67 hours
Jamaica
6.4 hours
Japan
2 hours
Jordan
0.73 hours
Kazakhstan
2.89 days
Kenya
9.31 hours
Kingdom of Eswatini
9.1 hours
Kosovo
2.55 hours
Kuwait
0.37 hours
Kyrgyzstan
2.65 days
Laos
0.7 hours
Country
Turnaround time
Latvia
7.46 days
Lebanon
0.56 hours
Lesotho
0.56 hours
Lithuania
11.3 days
Luxembourg
16.04 days
Madagascar
0.16 hours
Malawi
0.38 hours
Malaysia
5.56 hours
Malta
3.36 hours
Mauritius
0.34 hours
Mexico
2.21 days
Moldova
2.55 hours
Monaco
6.64 hours
Montenegro
22.16 hours
Morocco
1.06 hours
Namibia
0.49 hours
Nepal
2.13 days
Netherlands
16.79 days
New Zealand
2.97 days
Niger
22.1 hours
Nigeria
1.14 days
North Macedonia
3.58 hours
Northern Ireland
10.84 days
Norway
2.96 hours
Oman
1.53 hours
Pakistan
18.68 hours
Palestine
6.8 days
Panama
0.57 hours
Paraguay
10.7 hours
Peru
13.12 hours
Philippines
7.91 days
Poland
7.73 days
Portugal
1.82 hours
Puerto Rico
3.39 hours
Qatar
8.93 hours
Romania
10.14 hours
Russia
4.28 hours
Rwanda
0.45 hours
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3.7 days
Saudi Arabia
1.03 hours
Scotland
13.62 days
Senegal
1.03 hours
Serbia
10.15 days
Singapore
0.95 hours
Slovakia
5.83 days
Slovenia
1.3 hours
South Africa
5.06 days
South Korea
8.02 hours
Spain
19.36 hours
Sri Lanka
14.29 hours
Sudan
14.11 hours
Sweden
20.85 days
Switzerland
11.97 days
Syria
1.44 hours
Taiwan
2.88 days
Tajikistan
5.9 hours
Tanzania
0.5 hours
Thailand
5.31 days
Trinidad and Tobago
3.56 hours
Tunisia
3.39 hours
Turkey
4.9 days
Uganda
0.49 hours
Ukraine
14.24 days
United Arab Emirates
5.97 days
United Kingdom
1.92 days
United States
3.35 days
Uruguay
0.59 hours
Uzbekistan
1.29 days
Vanuatu
17.3 hours
Venezuela
6.22 hours
Vietnam
1.04 days
Yemen
14.4 hours
Zambia
0.44 hours
Zimbabwe
0.85 hours