ClientView controls one stage: preparing and lodging a complete, error-free application, which we typically lodge within one business day. The background check is run by AusCheck, not by any issuer, so no provider can guarantee a total turnaround time. The fastest realistic result comes from a clean application lodged immediately.
Stage 1 - ClientView: from a complete, paid, identity-verified application to lodgement with AusCheck. Measured median: 1 business day (12 months to June 2026). Stage 2 - AusCheck: the government background check itself, timed from the date AusCheck receives a complete application. This stage is outside any issuing body's control.
ClientView lodgement (Stage 1): median 1 business day, measured over the 12 months to June 2026.
AusCheck (the government agency that runs the background check) reports that 75% of applications nationally are processed within three weeks, with some taking three to eight weeks. In ClientView's own January to June 2026 sample of 1,500 applications, 98.7% cleared within three weeks once lodged.
Underlying dataset: 3,832 ClientView applications over the 18 months from January 2025 to June 2026. The 98.7% is measured on the January to June 2026 sample of 1,500 applications.
AusCheck (the government agency that runs the background check) reports that 75% of applications nationally are processed within three weeks, with some taking three to eight weeks. In ClientView's own January to June 2026 sample of 1,500 applications, 98.7% cleared within three weeks once lodged. We believe the gap reflects lodgement quality: a complete, accurate application gives AusCheck nothing to query. Both figures are stated with their scope made explicit so neither is mistaken for the other.
Stage 1 timing is measured internally by ClientView from the timestamp an application is marked complete, paid and identity-verified to the timestamp it is lodged with AusCheck, across all ClientView applications in the stated period. The 75% Stage 2 figure is AusCheck's own published national guidance, not independently audited by ClientView. The 98.7% figure is measured internally by ClientView from lodgement date to AusCheck approval date, across the January to June 2026 sample of 1,500 applications (drawn from 3,832 applications lodged over the 18 months from January 2025 to June 2026); it describes ClientView's own applicants only and is not a benchmark of other issuing bodies. This page will be updated monthly.
3 July 2026 - page drafted from existing measured data (see blog: MSIC Processing Times: Our Measured Data). 4 July 2026 - Stage 1 median corrected from 2 days to 1 business day to match measured data, 98.7% figure reframed as ClientView's own result vs AusCheck's 75% national average, and page published.