Can anyone post a link for pre registering for Compostela please? I intend to get to Santiago on the 24th May and as I'm leaving early on the 25th, I'd like to make getting my certificate as easy as possible. Thanks!
Asking for a friend..... If I go into the English version I am offered one option....."Create a Group". I presume this is a sort of typo. Can they just use it for one person??
Yes. Just a bug in the software. Your friend can be a group of one.Asking for a friend..... If I go into the English version I am offered one option....."Create a Group". I presume this is a sort of typo. Can they just use it for one person??
Very trinitarian.Yes. Just a bug in the software. Your friend can be a group of one.
Hi, @AnneLondon, the link posted by @Bradypus that unfurls into a stupid label ("Acceso agencias") is not an email address, it is a web address. Just click on the link and follow the instructions. The webpage is badly designed and has not been updated for months. It is best done in Spanish where the labels of the various buttons make sense.Thank you so much forcresponding so quickly! So just to be clear I send a request for pre heistration and a photocopy of my ID to the email address? Should I say when I intend to collect my Conpostela as well?
Just select (O) Cebreiro, you’re clearly starting outside the prescribed 100Km so the pilgrim reception don’t care, and the distance certificate’s a souvenir, so no need for precision.Thanks to everyone for the input and advice. We will be walking from La Laguna and I can‘t see it on the commencement list. I can see Ponferrada and Cebreiro (but not O Cebreiro - is it the same thing?) but not La laguna. Any advice please?
I'm guessing that @AnneLondon means Laguna de Castilla, as there is no La Laguna listed on Gronze. I'm not surprised that the Pilgrims Office doesn't list it as a starting point as it's probably rare that pilgrims start at such a small town with only one albergue.La Laguna? Where’s that?
La Laguna is short for La Laguna de Castilla. This location can be selected in the list of starting points of the Camino Frances when one fills in the online form for applying for a Compostela (see below). The list is not ordered in any discernibly systematic way.We will be walking from La Laguna and I can‘t see it on the commencement list. I can see Ponferrada and Cebreiro (but not O Cebreiro - is it the same thing?) but not La laguna. Any advice please?
Thank you, @Katharina, this is very much appreciated.La Laguna is short for La Laguna de Castilla. This location can be selected in the list of starting points of the Camino Frances when one fills in the online form for applying for a Compostela (see below). The list is not ordered in any discernibly systematic way.
Once you have filled in all your data, you press "Create a group" although you can fill in this form only for a single person. It is the only button you can press apart from the button labelled "Go back". The lack of other choices must be the reason why this setup "works".
PS: If you start typing Lag in the box next to "Starting point", the name will appear. You don't have to scroll down.
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Great news!!! They have finally rendered more parts of their webpages for registration for a Compostela and distance certificate into easier to comprehend English. American nationals will now find their option for nationality under “United States of America” and not under “Estados Unidos”. Options are in alphabetical order according to the rules of the chosen language version.Just for entertainment: If anyone thinks that the English as well as the German and Italian version of the registration webpage are poorly done ... it gives you at least the choice between "Go back" and "Create a group”.