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
35 minutes
Algeria
35 minutes
American Samoa
0.18 hours
Andorra
20 minutes
Angola
1 days
Antigua and Barbuda
1 days
Argentina
6 days
Armenia
9 days
Australia
14 days
Austria
4 days
Azerbaijan
19 hours
Bahamas
0.23 hours
Bahrain
8 days
Bangladesh
22 hours
Barbados
37 minutes
Belarus
1 hours
Belgium
42 minutes
Belize
2 hours
Benin
9 minutes
Bermuda
23 minutes
Bhutan
36 minutes
Bolivia
24 hours
Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 hours
Botswana
8 hours
Brazil
1 days
British Indian Ocean Territory
2 hours
Bulgaria
5 days
Cambodia
4 days
Cameroon
41 minutes
Canada
18 hours
Cayman Islands
1 hours
Chile
19 days
China
2 days
Colombia
20 hours
Costa Rica
45 minutes
Cote d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
18 minutes
Croatia
11 hours
Cyprus
13 hours
Czech Republic
6 days
Denmark
26 days
Dominica
3 days
Dominican Republic
34 minutes
Ecuador
16 hours
Egypt
6 days
El Salvador
15 hours
England & Wales
7.96 days
Estonia
32 minutes
Ethiopia
23 hours
Finland
36 minutes
France
10 days
French Polynesia
18 mins
Gambia
48 minutes
Georgia
6 days
Germany
11 days
Ghana
5 hours
Gibraltar
1 hours
Greece
6 days
Guernsey
2.87 days
Honduras
1 days
Hong Kong
37 minutes
Hungary
13 days
Iceland
39 minutes
India
18 hours
Indonesia
19 hours
Iran
4 hours
Ireland
3 hours
Israel
20 hours
Italy
2 hours
Jamaica
32 minutes
Japan
47 minutes
Jordan
40 minutes
Kazakhstan
10 hours
Kenya
1 hours
Kingdom of Eswatini
1 hours
Kosovo
2 hours
Kuwait
9 hours
Kyrgyzstan
7 hours
Country
Turnaround time
Laos
0.7 hours
Latvia
33 days
Lebanon
1 hours
Lesotho
25 minutes
Lithuania
3 days
Luxembourg
8 days
Madagascar
41 minutes
Malawi
34 minutes
Malaysia
5 hours
Malta
1 hours
Mauritius
46 minutes
Mexico
1 days
Moldova
11 hours
Monaco
12 minutes
Montenegro
24 hours
Morocco
34 minutes
Namibia
53 minutes
Nepal
33 minutes
Netherlands
11 days
New Zealand
3 days
Niger
22.1 hours
Nigeria
1 days
Northern Ireland
8 days
North Macedonia
3 hours
Norway
3 hours
Oman
4 hours
Pakistan
10 hours
Palestine
29 minutes
Panama
34 minutes
Paraguay
2 days
Peru
2 days
Philippines
7 days
Poland
6 days
Portugal
35 minutes
Puerto Rico
5 hours
Qatar
4 hours
Romania
4 hours
Russia
1 hours
Rwanda
37 minutes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
19 hours
Saudi Arabia
32 minutes
Scotland
10 days
Senegal
5 hours
Serbia
9 days
Singapore
46 minutes
Slovakia
7 days
Slovenia
1 hours
South Africa
5 days
South Korea
4 hours
Spain
16 hours
Sri Lanka
16 hours
Sudan
2 hours
Sweden
19 days
Switzerland
9 days
Syria
1 days
Taiwan
1 days
Tajikistan
6 hours
Tanzania
20 minutes
Thailand
6 days
Trinidad and Tobago
13 hours
Tunisia
44 minutes
Turkey
5 days
Uganda
37 minutes
Ukraine
7 days
United Arab Emirates
6 days
United Kingdom
10 hours
United States
3 days
Uruguay
1 hours
Uzbekistan
1 days
Vanuatu
17.3 hours
Venezuela
4 hours
Vietnam
19 hours
Yemen
14.4 hours
Zambia
1 hours
Zimbabwe
35 minutes