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