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: 24th January 2:40pm
Country
Turnaround time
Albania
14.9 hours
Algeria
0.7 hours
Antigua and Barbuda
2.4 days
Argentina
6.2 days
Armenia
3 days
Australia
14.3 days
Austria
8.6 days
Azerbaijan
10 hours
Bahamas
0.8 hours
Bangladesh
17.1 hours
Barbados
21.3 hours
Belarus
0.6 hours
Belgium
4 hours
Belize
11 hours
Bhutan
0.7 hours
Bosnia and Herzegovina
13.9 hours
Botswana
6.8 hours
Brazil
18.1 hours
Bulgaria
8.3 days
Canada
21.1 hours
Cayman Islands
4.5 hours
Chile
6.5 days
China
2 days
Colombia
20.7 hours
Costa Rica
1.3 days
Croatia
9 hours
Cyprus
13 hours
Czech Republic
7.7 days
Denmark
15.2 days
Dominica
2.9 days
Dominican Republic
6.1 hours
Ecuador
1.1 days
Egypt
7.4 days
El Salvador
9.1 hours
Estonia
20.3 hours
Ethiopia
1.3 days
Finland
2.1 hours
France
15.1 days
French Polynesia
18 mins
Georgia
4.4 days
Germany
17.6 days
Ghana
1.1 days
Gibraltar
21.5 hours
Greece
6.5 days
Guernsey
3.4 hours
Honduras
1 days
Hong Kong
1.3 days
Hungary
21.4 days
India
6.7 days
Indonesia
20.4 hours
Iran
6.6 hours
Ireland
1.1 days
Israel
19.8 hours
Italy
12.3 hours
Jamaica
17.6 hours
Japan
4.6 hours
Jordan
48m
Kazakhstan
2.3 days
Kenya
1.3 days
Kingdom of Eswatini
9.1 hours
Kosovo
4.7 hours
Kyrgyzstan
1.6 days
Latvia
44.5 days
Country
Turnaround time
Lebanon
30 mins
Lesotho
1.5 hours
Lithuania
3.7 days
Luxembourg
8 days
Malawi
3.2 hours
Malaysia
5.1 hours
Malta
22.4 hours
Mauritius
15.2 hours
Mexico
4.2 days
Moldova
20.2 hours
Montenegro
39 days
Morocco
42 mins
Namibia
2.3 days
Nepal
5.4 hours
Netherlands
15.7 days
New Zealand
2.6 days
Niger
22.1 hours
Nigeria
2 days
Northern Ireland
22.5 days
Norway
1.4 days
Oman
48 mins
Pakistan
22.4 hours
Panama
2.8 days
Paraguay
3.2 days
Peru
5.6 days
Philippines
8.9 days
Poland
8.8 days
Portugal
7 hours
Romania
1.5 days
Russia
2.5 days
Rwanda
12.4 hours
Saudi Arabia
30 mins
Scotland
16.7 days
Senegal
22.7 hours
Serbia
10.5 days
Singapore
14.9 hours
Slovakia
6.1 days
Slovenia
16.8 hours
South Africa
8.6 days
South Korea
8.1 hours
Spain
1.3 days
Sri Lanka
14.1 hours
Sweden
20.7 days
Switzerland
8.1 days
Taiwan
3.3 days
Tajikistan
15.7 hours
Tanzania
12 mins
Thailand
7.3 days
Tunisia
6 mins
Turkey
2 days
Uganda
1 days
Ukraine
12.9 days
United Arab Emirates
6.1 days
United Kingdom
12 hours
United States
3.5 days
Uruguay
2.9 days
Uzbekistan
15.1 hours
Venezuela
7.3 hours
Vietnam
15 hours
Yemen
14.4 hours
Zambia
1.6 days
Zimbabwe
16.5 hours
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