{"article":{"id":36104263127831,"url":"https://plaid.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/36104263127831.json","html_url":"https://support.plaid.com/hc/en-us/articles/36104263127831-How-long-does-it-take-for-each-check-to-occur-in-the-Identity-Verification-flow","author_id":5390778350871,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"section_id":36096067168151,"created_at":"2025-11-04T19:45:09Z","updated_at":"2026-06-03T17:51:39Z","name":"How long does it take for each check to occur in the Identity Verification flow?","title":"How long does it take for each check to occur in the Identity Verification flow?","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-06-03T17:51:39Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":1121774,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>All of the automated checks to verify a user’s identity are performed in real time and are completed before the user can move on to the next check. For example, the user will see a loading screen after taking a selfie while their likeness is being processed, and won’t be able to move past this step until this processing is complete. So, a user’s identity verification will be complete before they exit Link (this is just the background processing - if they trip a customer’s rules, their verification will need manual review).</p>\n<p>Latency for each check is approximately as follows:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Source Verification: 1-2 seconds</li>\n<li>Documentary Verification: 2-10 seconds</li>\n<li>Liveness: 2-5 seconds</li>\n<li>Watchlist screening: instant</li>\n<li>Fraud checks: instant/async</li>\n</ul>","user_segment_ids":[]}}