Depending on the country in which an entity is registered, the LEI code issuance time may vary. To avoid potential misunderstandings, we recommend reviewing the information below regarding LEI code issuance times.
Group A (issuance time up to 5 minutes)
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Germany
- Greenland
- Finland
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Poland
- Singapore
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Group B (issuance time from 1 hour to 36 hours)
- Cayman Islands
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- France
- Guernsey
- Hong Kong
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Liechtenstein
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United States
Group C (issuance time from 4 hours to 48 hours)
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Curaçao
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Monaco
- Panama
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
Group D (issuance time from 36 hours to 78 hours)
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba)
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei (Brunei Darussalam)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macau
- North Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of Kosovo
- Réunion
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Sint Maarten
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Georgia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Eswatini (Swaziland)
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City (Holy See)
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe