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: 28th January 2:16pm
Country
Turnaround time
Algeria
1.2 days
Algeria
30 days
American Samoa
12 hours*
American Samoa
12 days*
Angola
3.4 days
Angola
82 days
Argentina
9.9 hours
Argentina
10 days
Australia
13.9 hours
Australia
14 days
Austria
1.2 days
Austria
28 days
Azerbaijan
14.2 hours
Azerbaijan
14 days
Bangladesh
1.5 days
Bangladesh
35 days
Barbados
12 hours*
Barbados
12 days*
Belarus
13.1 hours
Belarus
13 days
Belgium
20 hours
Belgium
20 days
Benin
12 hours*
Benin
12 days*
Botswana
2.9 hours
Botswana
3 days
Brazil
16.9 hours
Brazil
17 days
Bulgaria
1.1 days
Bulgaria
25 days
Canada
19.3 hours
Canada
19 days
Chile
11.8 hours
Chile
12 days
China
1.4 days
China
33 days
Colombia
11.4 hours
Colombia
11 days
Croatia
23 hours
Croatia
23 days
Cuba
3.3 hours
Cuba
3 days
Cyprus
12.5 hours
Cyprus
12 days
Czech Republic
11.8 hours
Czech Republic
12 days
Denmark
13.5 hours
Denmark
14 days
Ecuador
4.5 hours
Ecuador
5 days
Egypt
9.7 hours
Country
Turnaround time
Egypt
10 days
El Salvador
2 days
El Salvador
49 days
Estonia
11.5 hours
Estonia
11 days
Finland
13.6 hours
Finland
14 days
France
17.2 hours
France
17 days
Germany
20.4 hours
Germany
20 days
Ghana
13.5 hours
Ghana
14 days
Greece
15.9 hours
Greece
16 days
Hong Kong
1.5 days
Hong Kong
35 days
Hungary
1.1 days
Hungary
27 days
Iceland
12 hours*
Iceland
12 days*
India
13.4 hours
India
13 days
Indonesia
12 hours*
Indonesia
12 days*
Iran
21.4 hours
Iran
21 days
Ireland
19.9 hours
Ireland
20 days
Israel
19 hours
Israel
19 days
Italy
23.4 hours
Italy
23 days
Jamaica
1.1 days
Jamaica
26 days
Japan
17.6 hours
Japan
18 days
Kazakhstan
20.8 hours
Kazakhstan
21 days
Kenya
6.3 hours
Kenya
6 days
Kosovo
3.2 hours
Kosovo
3 days
Latvia
18.7 hours
Latvia
19 days
Lebanon
21.5 hours
Lebanon
22 days
Lesotho
1.5 days
Lesotho
35 days
Lithuania
13.5 hours
Lithuania
13 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.
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