Time frame for corrective action

If you have in mind major and minor nonconformities raised during a certification or surveillance audit it is best to contact your certification body because there may differences between them. For example, I’m looking right now to an audit report from a certification body with these time durations:

Major nonconformity

• Certification audit – 6 months
• Surveillance and recertification audits – 1 month

Minor nonconformity

• Certification audit – 6 months
• Surveillance and recertification audits – 3 months 

You can find more information in the following links:

• How to deal with nonconformities in an ISO 9001 certification audit - https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/06/09/how-to-deal-with-nonconformities-in-an-iso-9001-certification-audit/
• ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Training Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-lead-auditor-course/
• Book - ISO internal audit: A plain English guide: https://advisera.com/books/iso-internal-audit-plain-english-guide/