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
26.55 days
Algeria
30 days
American Samoa
12 days*
Angola
82 days
Argentina
17.38 days
Armenia
53.7 days
Aruba
19.7 days
Australia
11.32 days
Austria
12.41 days
Azerbaijan
13.26 days
Bangladesh
18.47 days
Barbados
12 days*
Belarus
24.06 days
Belgium
22.33 hours
Benin
69.8 days
Botswana
3 days
Brazil
14.22 days
Bulgaria
14.96 days
Canada
20.07 days
Chile
12 days
China
29.41 days
Colombia
12.64 days
Croatia
19.11 days
Cuba
3 days
Cyprus
28.15 days
Czech Republic
28.7 days
Denmark
17.8 days
Ecuador
29.6 days
Egypt
18.18 days
El Salvador
49 days
Estonia
3.75 days
Finland
13.92 days
France
16.49 days
Georgia
1.04 days
Germany
21.09 days
Ghana
31.32 days
Greece
25.53 days
Hong Kong
29.12 days
Hungary
12.42 days
Iceland
12 days*
India
6.3 days
Indonesia
37.7 days
Iran
11.62 days
Ireland
21.76 days
Israel
26.07 days
Italy
19.47 days
Jamaica
26 days
Japan
31.07 days
Kazakhstan
14.61 days
Kenya
12.08 days
Kosovo
3 days
Latvia
7.5 days
Lebanon
17.12 days
Lesotho
35 days
Country
Turnaround time
Lithuania
21.58 days
Luxembourg
21.73 days
Malawi
31 days
Malaysia
17.63 days
Malta
18.38 days
Mauritius
30.37 days
Mexico
22.78 days
Moldova
1.69 days
Morocco
15.47 days
Netherlands
15.31 days
New Zealand
18.95 days
Nigeria
18.67 days
North Macedonia
13.22 days
Norway
22.67 days
Pakistan
12.3 days
Palestine
40.7 days
Peru
28.3 days
Philippines
27.35 days
Poland
22.25 days
Portugal
16.38 days
Puerto Rico
20.53 hours
Qatar
12.4 days
Romania
22.07 days
Russia
12.17 days
Rwanda
12 days*
Saudi Arabia
8.86 days
Serbia
22.04 days
Singapore
22.99 days
Slovakia
9.79 days
Slovenia
14.64 days
South Africa
23.07 days
South Korea
7.2 days
Spain
16.67 days
SpainMadrid
12 days*
Sri Lanka
14.66 days
Swaziland
7 days
Sweden
12.7 days
Switzerland
24.2 days
Syria
32.5 days
Taiwan
6.36 days
Tunisia
21.99 days
Turkey
17.38 days
Uganda
22.44 days
Ukraine
11.7 days
United Arab Emirates
20.52 days
United Kingdom
18.02 days
United States
5.94 days
Uruguay
5.9 days
Venezuela
5.94 days
Vietnam
17.47 days
Yemen
27 days
Zambia
50 days
Zimbabwe
29.34 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.