pilgrim office santiago

Hi everyone, What’s the waiting time to get your Compostela like these days? Last time I queued it was early October in 2022 (a double holy year) so it was very busy and we were waiting probably like 45 minutes - hour. I am bringing a group of 15 and curious to understand the wait time in mid...

We walk into Santiago tomorrow. How do I find the pilgrim office?

When I go to the pilgrim office website at the moment I am receiving a warning about the website's security certificates. Same on both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. And if I disregard that and enter the site the main screen no longer gives a count of today's arrivals. Just me or are...

I have just arrived at the Pilgrim Office after completing the Camino Finisterre and the last 100 km of The Camino Portugues. I did not want a certificate but wanted to visit the Pilgrim Office to ask a question about lost and found items. I was treated very badly by the security guard to the...

Ihi, does anyone know if the pilgrims office is still open on the 25th July as it's the Feast of Saint James?

Does anyone know if the statistical data (age, nationality, route, etc.) collected by the Pilgrims office is available somewhere other than the website? It's nice that it's available in a web format with some basic filters but if one wanted to dig deeper into the numbers is there any other...

This is a question for those who have volunteered through the pilgrim office in Santiago in the past. I leave on Saturday to make my way to Santiago so I can start my 2 weeks of volunteering on Tuesday. I am happy and excited to give back to the Camino, which has given so much to me. Do I need...

Yesterday, I received a phone call from a very good friend who was volunteering at the PIlgrim Office in Santiago. The information excitedly conveyed to me was this: On Thursday, 6 April, more than 2,200 Compostelas were issued. Yesterday, Friday (Good Friday), 7 April, just over 3,000...

A note for the terminally nerdy like myself. I just went to the pilgrim office website to look up some figures from 2019 and discovered that the statistics pages have been radically redesigned. A new format and many new search filters. Including running totals to date for the year.

Does anyone have information on what records may be maintained in Santiago’s Pilgrim Office? Can one find information on ancestors or relatives that may have walked the Camino? Are these records kept electronically and available in the pilgrim’s office / library?

I have seen 3 different opening times 9 am, 10 am and 10 30 am. Which one is correct

Do you need a Camino Reflection? There is a wonderful group called Faithful companions of Jesus in the Santiago pilgrim’s office, 1st floor (one flight up the stairs) room 6 from 0930 to 5:00pm- Monday thru Saturday. You can talk about your experience with other English speaking pilgrims. If...

NOTE - This post supersedes all previous posts by me about volunteering at the pilgrim office. Things changed over the nearly four years since I wrote the original post in February 2018. Many of you found that post informative and useful. Just the passage of time has affected some of the...

Hello all! I recently received this notice from the ACC (Acogida Cristiana en los Caminos de Santiago) regarding the volunteer program, both at some albergues and at the Pilgrim Office in Santiago. As you know the program was necessarily shut down when the world went into lockdown early in...

I have been working as a volunteer since 6 May. My final day, this time, is 20 May. I return again to work my annual one-month volunteer stint from 15 July - 12 August. Every time I come here, I learn something new. There are some tidbits I thought I would share. 1. The arrival rates and...

NOTE FROM THE MODS: Tom posted an update to this thread on Oct. 17, 2021. See it here: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/volunteering-at-the-pilgrim-office-in-santiago-october-2021-update.71952/ That’s why this thread has been locked...

I have been working here as a volunteer since 13 July. My last work day is this Tuesday, 15 August. I will return home (FL) on Thursday. Here is the current status of things at the P/O: Daily volumes - yesterday 12 AUG, we set the daily record for 2017 (to date) with 2,722 pilgrims processed...

This article in La Voz de Galicia the other day, mentions that the Camino signage in Galicia will now be unified and look the same on all Caminos in Galicia. This will start this fall and they hope to be finished by the end of 2019.

Live from the Oficina del Peregrino I’m working as a volunteer in the Oficina del Peregrino in Santiago for the last two weeks in August 2015. My forum post in no way represents the views of the Oficina del Peregrino. These are just my own observations and comments. Please note that I had a lot...