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They are processing a lot of applications just now - averaging about 2,000 per day in the last week. I don't know how that is translating into waiting times. Apparently the new registration system has speeded things up a great deal. As has having Compostelas printed rather than hand-written.Is it busy? Are there queues? Is the system the same as last year?
What time did you go?It depends when you get there. I went right in but when I came out there were 20 people in line
Friends of mine who went through yesterday shortly after midday report taking less than 10 minutes. I went through in mid-Apr around 2:00 pm and there were no queues, but the numbers do seem to have increased since then.I'm sorry if this has been covered lately but can someone update me on the pilgrim office?
I'm on the Portuguese and will be in Santiago in a few days. I've registered on the Cathedral website for my Compostela but I'm curious how things are?
Is it busy? Are there queues? Is the system the same as last year?
Ps. I'm happy to queue, I'm just trying to learn how things are?
Thanks
I last went in early March. I completed my details online (allowing that some of the terminology on the website is a little strange in English - I stuck to Spanish) received my QR code and duly turned up at the office, where there were no other Peregrinos and just one member of staff behind the desk.I'm sorry if this has been covered lately but can someone update me on the pilgrim office?
I'm on the Portuguese and will be in Santiago in a few days. I've registered on the Cathedral website for my Compostela but I'm curious how things are?
Is it busy? Are there queues? Is the system the same as last year?
Ps. I'm happy to queue, I'm just trying to learn how things are?
Thanks
Could you pass on the link to register for the Compostela please.I'm sorry if this has been covered lately but can someone update me on the pilgrim office?
I'm on the Portuguese and will be in Santiago in a few days. I've registered on the Cathedral website for my Compostela but I'm curious how things are?
Is it busy? Are there queues? Is the system the same as last year?
Ps. I'm happy to queue, I'm just trying to learn how things are?
Thanks
Try this one -Could you pass on the link to register for the Compostela please.
Thanks!!!
Does it matter if it says Create a Group, if you're on your own?Try this one -
Apparently not. Just a glitch in the software.Does it matter if it says Create a Group, if you're on your own?
I tried to register online and couldn’t figure it out, so at 10:30 this morning we walked over and easy peasy it was too fast! In and out in 15 minutes. Now that a human doesn’t write out your name it comes through a printer and bam!I'm sorry if this has been covered lately but can someone update me on the pilgrim office?
I'm on the Portuguese and will be in Santiago in a few days. I've registered on the Cathedral website for my Compostela but I'm curious how things are?
Is it busy? Are there queues? Is the system the same as last year?
Ps. I'm happy to queue, I'm just trying to learn how things are?
Thanks
Yes, show them your code when you get there. It's a good idea to write it in your credential.Ok, so I registered and got a code when I started the Camino. When I finish, I show up at the office and it will be clear what to do then?
Yes, show them your code when you get there. It's a good idea to write it in your credential.
The currently issued version of the credencial has the QR code to access the website printed in it. I bought a handful in March at the reception office.Try this one -
That will be useful if you are using the cathedral credencial but it is not on all versions. Not the SJPDP one for example.The currently issued version of the credencial has the QR code to access the website printed in it.
Register as on the Via de La Plata. If you want a distance certificate I doubt that it’ll include your prior distance. The system is only set to deal with you walking one route as only the last 100km is considered relevant for a compostela.Hi, I am looking at the new system. We are starting in Le Puy, walking to St Jean Pied de Port, and then closing with a walk into Santiago from Ourense. What would be the best way to register. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
There is no maximum time limit that I saw, and the minimum is when you are at the door! You can do it there on the couple of machines in the foyer.How far in advance should you go to website for QR code? One day to SDC? One hour?
in 2021, CF, I got the QR code 4 days prior to arriving in SDC.
Hi, I am looking at the new system. We are starting in Le Puy, walking to St Jean Pied de Port, and then closing with a walk into Santiago from Ourense. What would be the best way to register. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou for this. It is clear.As the current registration stands, you should put 'otros caminos' and the starting point as Le Puy initally. This can be ammended as Camino Frances and Camino Sanabres at the desk if you want a distance certificate. Assuming you have sellos to show progress along both stretches, your distance certificate will show something like 848km (736km from Le Puy to St Jean and 112km from Ourense to Santiago).
Thanks for your thoughts.Register as on the Via de La Plata. If you want a distance certificate I doubt that it’ll include your prior distance. The system is only set to deal with you walking one route as only the last 100km is considered relevant for a compostela.
Thankyou for this. It is clear.
Yes, a real human person is there to welcome you and does that. Not everything is automated!!So do they still check and look at your credentials since it automatically prints your Compestella?
Yes. You register. You get in line. Give them your credential. They still hand wrote my name on the Compostela and stamped my credential in late June 2022.So do they still check and look at your credentials since it automatically prints your Compestella?
I was asking about the new way since they print it out from when you registered.I have gotten a Compostela twice. Once I had to wait in life for a long time (pre-registration existed, but they weren't doing it that day). The other I pre-registered and was in and out quickly. Both times I walked up to the counter with my credential and my euros (to pay for the distance certificate and a tube) ready to go. Both times, things went smoothly. But the first simply required more patience. People in line were pretty happy/excited to be in Santiago and we socialized while waiting in line. Just come with time and patience and you will be fine either way.
Yes. You register. You get in line. Give them your credential. They still hand wrote my name on the Compostela and stamped my credential in late June 2022.
Yes. But in my recent experience rather quickly and with little interest. The process has become rather impersonal IMHO.So do they still check and look at your credentials since it automatically prints your Compestella?
Not my experience at all only a little less recently, but then I absolutely will NOT get one of those new-fangled virtual credenciales, nor will I go through the process for a pre-printed Compostela. The horror !!Yes. But in my recent experience rather quickly and with little interest. The process has become rather impersonal IMHO.
To be fair; I suspect your credenciale was a good deal more interesting than mostGo in the morning, or otherwise when there's no long queue ; say you have a Windows Phone or dumbphone so you can't pre-register (helps if this is actually the case) ; get a printout ticket from the bouncer, walk in.
Not my experience at all only a little less recently, but then I absolutely will NOT get one of those new-fangled virtual credenciales, nor will I go through the process for a pre-printed Compostela. The horror !!
If you go in without pre-register, as I did, couldn't pre-register anyway because of Windows Phone, it's the same old process as always (even though that was my first time at the new new pilgrim office -- I liked the old one best, though it would be totally unsuitable nowadays, and the new new one is much better than the old new one was).
No, it is printed when you arrive. You will be asked about the details to confirm they are correct before the Compostela and distance certificate are printed.I was asking about the new way since they print it out from when you registered.
If you do it old style, it's not printed -- it's filled in manually.No, it is printed when you arrive. You will be asked about the details to confirm they are correct before the Compostela and distance certificate are printed.
If you do it old style, it's not printed -- it's filled in manually.
My latest Compostela, October 2022, is hand written where needed.
Weird, false comment about my most recent Compostela.This is not the case.
The OP wasn't asking about the process in October 2022 when everything was handwritten.
The only thing that will be handwritten into a compostela now is a second surname if it doesn't come out in the print, nothing else.
@JabbaPapa I think the point being made is that the system has been changed since you visited the pilgrim office last October. When I called in January for a sello the new equipment was being set up. No one has questioned the content of your Compostela but the date of it is significantWeird, false comment about my most recent Compostela.
Dnum (my Latin name in the Accusative) (my very Late Latin Surname properly invariable) then 7, Octobris, 2022 are all hand-written.
Weird, false comment about my most recent Compostela.
Dnum (my Latin Christian Name in the Accusative) (my very Late Latin Surname properly invariable) then 7, Octobris, 2022 are all hand-written.
YMMV, but please don't tell me the content of my own document.
The general process at the end of last year is no different to the general process in 2023.
Bradypus mate, IIRC you didn't get one yourself this year.@JabbaPapa I think the point being made is that the system has been changed since you visited the pilgrim office last October. When I called in January for a sello the new equipment was being set up. No one has questioned the content of your Compostela but the date of it is significant
The general process at the end of last year is no different to the general process in 2023. My own Compostela was nevertheless done manually.
I'm sad if your own most recent one wasn't.
Eeww ...Jabbapapa..
In September/October 2022, I "wrote" approximately 550 compostelas.
In April/May 2023 I "printed" approximately 650 compostelas.
Flog might be right, though I hope not -- but I just don't see how someone in my own situation could have one given to me except manually.
???I'm sorry but the reality is, you are truly no more worthy of a compostela than anyone else. We are all equally special.
To continue, press the button that says “Create a group” at the top right. It is mislabelled. It should say “Next” or “Submit” or similar but it doesn’t. I emailed the Pilgrim Office months if not years ago to draw their attention to these errors but they have not been corrected …Just went to register online on my iPhone using link provided above, and despite completing all fields am unable to continue the process. There appears to be no ‘Next’ box at the bottom of the page
Should add, we did register online and had a QR code to scan.4 of us went through at 2:30 today, May 18. No waiting, just walked in, got a ticket and went to the counter. Very smooth process.
The pilgrim office website is saying there have been 1944 Compostelas so far today. In past years that would probably have meant quite lengthy queues. Though I'm not a great fan of the new system it does seem to be very efficient.4 of us went through at 2:30 today, May 18. No waiting, just walked in, got a ticket and went to the counter. Very smooth process.
Thank for sharing this information about being early at the Pilgrim office. What time does it open ?I never go to the pilgrim office on the day of arrival in Santiago. I always go the following morning after a good sleep and shower. If you happen to be one of the first ten in line in the morning before the office opens, you are rewarded with a free lunch at the Parador hotel which my wife and I have enjoyed on three occasions now.
I'm sad to hear that the personal touch of a hand written compostela is now history. Makes me cherish the five hand written ones that much more.
Open 9am to 7pm at the moment.Thank for sharing this information about being early at the Pilgrim office. What time does it open ?
I am trying to picture Tom (Martin Sheen) standing at the new counter getting the new version of his Compostela, and trying to change the name to Daniel (Emilio Estevez), in an updated version of The Way.They are processing a lot of applications just now - averaging about 2,000 per day in the last week. I don't know how that is translating into waiting times. Apparently the new registration system has speeded things up a great deal. As has having Compostelas printed rather than hand-written.
The office now expects you to register online with your details before you collect your Compostela. There is a link on the pilgrim office website and apparently a QR code for the same system at the office door. For those without internet-access tech there are terminals in the office for public use
Since I am not a techie and don't have a phone, I want to see if I understand your last paragraph, Bradypus. If I have internet access before SdC, I can use the Pilgrim Office's website to register and they will email me a QR that I can receive on my iPod? Or do you mean if I do not have a mobile phone, I must use the terminals at the Office? Thanks.They are processing a lot of applications just now - averaging about 2,000 per day in the last week. I don't know how that is translating into waiting times. Apparently the new registration system has speeded things up a great deal. As has having Compostelas printed rather than hand-written.
The office now expects you to register online with your details before you collect your Compostela. There is a link on the pilgrim office website and apparently a QR code for the same system at the office door. For those without internet-access tech there are terminals in the office for public use
I have not used the new system myself. @Kathar1na described the process recently in this post: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...gistering-for-a-compostela.80652/post-1138562Since I am not a techie and don't have a phone, I want to see if I understand your last paragraph, Bradypus. If I have internet access before SdC, I can use the Pilgrim Office's website to register and they will email me a QR that I can receive on my iPod? Or do you mean if I do not have a mobile phone, I must use the terminals at the Office?
I think that you can register at any time before arriving in Santiago - even before you travel to the Camino. Just write down the alphanumeric code that they email you on your credential.Since I am not a techie and don't have a phone, I want to see if I understand your last paragraph, Bradypus. If I have internet access before SdC, I can use the Pilgrim Office's website to register and they will email me a QR that I can receive on my iPod? Or do you mean if I do not have a mobile phone, I must use the terminals at the Office? Thanks.
Yes, that’s fine. The office email contains a QR code which one scans on arrival. It’s actually easier to do than describe.I think that you can register at any time before arriving in Santiago - even before you travel to the Camino. Just write down the alphanumeric code that they email you on your credential.
If this is incorrect please let me know.
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