Global education 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 education check turnaround times
Last updated: 7th May 5:20pm
Country
Turnaround time
Albania
9 days
Algeria
17 days
American Samoa
12 days*
Angola
82 days
Argentina
6 days
Armenia
6 days
Aruba
19.7 days
Australia
9 days
Austria
11 days
Azerbaijan
24 days
Bangladesh
23 days
Barbados
12 days*
Belarus
9 days
Belgium
9 days
Benin
69.8 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 days
Botswana
3 days
Brazil
16 days
Bulgaria
8 days
Cameroon
12 days
Canada
15 days
Chile
8 days
China
21 days
Colombia
16 days
Cote d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
11 days
Croatia
19 days
Cuba
3 days
Cyprus
18 days
Czech Republic
25 days
Democratic Republic of the Congo
17 days
Denmark
9 days
Ecuador
29.6 days
Egypt
18 days
El Salvador
49 days
Estonia
6 days
Finland
7 days
France
11 days
Gambia
17 days
Georgia
20 days
Germany
16 days
Ghana
43 days
Greece
17 days
Hong Kong
19 days
Hungary
19 days
Iceland
12 days*
India
7 days
Indonesia
27 days
Iran
21 days
Ireland
18 days
Israel
20 days
Italy
15 days
Jamaica
26 days
Japan
13 days
Jordan
18 days
Country
Turnaround time
Kazakhstan
7 days
Kenya
20 days
Kosovo
6 days
Kyrgyzstan
18 days
Latvia
12 days
Lebanon
7 days
Lesotho
35 days
Lithuania
7 days
Luxembourg
10 days
Malawi
31 days
Malaysia
10 days
Malta
8 days
Mauritius
30.37 days
Mexico
19 days
Moldova
5 days
Morocco
15.47 days
Nepal
15 days
Netherlands
19 days
New Zealand
4 days
Nigeria
21 days
North Macedonia
6 days
Norway
29 days
Pakistan
18 days
Palestine
40.7 days
Peru
5 days
Philippines
10 days
Poland
14 days
Portugal
20 days
Puerto Rico
20.53 hours
Qatar
9 days
Reunion
4 days
Romania
14 days
Russia
12 days
Rwanda
12 days*
Saudi Arabia
6 days
Serbia
25 days
Sierra Leone
24 days
Singapore
16 days
Slovakia
6 days
Slovenia
12 days
South Africa
16 days
South Korea
14 days
Spain
10 days
SpainMadrid
12 days*
Sri Lanka
32 days
Swaziland
7 days
Sweden
9 days
Switzerland
5 days
Syria
32.5 days
Taiwan
3 days
Tunisia
15 days
Turkey
6 days
Uganda
22.44 days
Ukraine
4 days
* Due to a lack of data on this specific country's check, this number is the estimate provided by our third party partner iCover.