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Completion Certificate

Shobbytanoli

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July, 2024
Hello everyone, Not sure where to post this question so i am posting it in miscellaneous. When you finish the Camino , do you get your certificate the same day ? And at what time? Is it a designated time ? I am trying to figure out if i should leave an extra day in to fly back as i create my itinerary. If the question has already been posted and answered somewhere on here, please redirect me . Thank you all
 
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By "completion certificate" I assume you mean the Compostela. The pilgrim office is open 9am to 7pm. They ask you to provide your details online in advance - links to register on the pilgrim office website. You can collect the Compostela on the day you arrive or later if you wish. Most people report only having to wait a few minutes at the pilgrim office now the computerised system is in place.

Oficina del Peregrino | Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

oficinadelperegrino.com
 
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Thank you so much
 
Will it still count if you don't collect the certificate?
 
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Walkalong said:
Will it still count if you don't collect the certificate?
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Will what still count?

You completing your pilgrimage can’t be put on the record unless a volunteer or staffer in the Pilgrims Office in SdC checks your credential for the sellos, stamps it and ‘closes’ it. This can’t be done by just completing a form online to get a QR code ahead of the visit to the Pilgrims Office. You are handed the compostela, but the distance certificate is optional.

(I may be misunderstanding your question)
 
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If you don't bother to collect the certificate thingy, will you still have completed a Pilgrimage, or a Camino?

I'm simply pointing out that the compostela, like the distance certificate, is optional.
 
Walkalong said:
If you don't bother to collect the certificate thingy, will you still have completed a Pilgrimage, or a Camino?

I'm simply pointing out that the compostela, like the distance certificate, is optional.
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“Will it still count” is a bit of an ambiguous question, rhetorical or otherwise. “Will it still count” as in ‘on record’? No. “Will it still count” as in will it be counted in the pilgrim numbers read out at the start of the mass in the Cathedral in SdC? No. “Will it still count” as in the pilgrim knows what they achieved? Yes, of course.
 
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I still recommend staying at least overnight. You can get a lot more of the flavor of Santiago that way. Don't be in such a rush to leave.

Enjoy your accomplishment. Savor the moment. Remember, the feelings have to last - until the next time.

Visiting Santiago de Compostela is like peeling an onion - there is always another layer.
 
I'm doing 45 day camino; I wonder, how many stamps can fit in your credential? should I save space for the minimum of 2 in the last 100km, or should I stamp away ? Also, I'm doing it for "spiritual" reasons, not exactly religious, can I still get the Compostela ? I understand is only for religious reasons and I don't want to lie on my registration online
 
Almost everything in life, excluding death, is optional.

Walkalong said:
If you don't bother to collect the certificate thingy, will you still have completed a Pilgrimage, or a Camino?

I'm simply pointing out that the compostela, like the distance certificate, is optional.
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NinaCamina said:
I'm doing 45 day camino; I wonder, how many stamps can fit in your credential?
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Depends on which credential you use but in general, over 45 days, probably not. That is okay though, just use two credentials or a spare piece of paper to collect those extra stamps.

NinaCamina said:
should I save space for the minimum of 2 in the last 100km, or should I stamp away ?
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Stamp away!

NinaCamina said:
Also, I'm doing it for "spiritual" reasons, not exactly religious, can I still get the Compostela ?
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Absolutely

NinaCamina said:
I understand is only for religious reasons and I don't want to lie on my registration online
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NinaCamina said:
I'm doing 45 day camino; I wonder, how many stamps can fit in your credential? should I save space for the minimum of 2 in the last 100km, or should I stamp away ?
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Do you already have your credential? There are many Camino associations around the world, and they each issue a slightly different credential as far as the artwork and number of stamps that they hold. Last year I used a credential from the Portuguese association, and it held 64 stamps. My credentials from American Pilgrims and the one issued by the cathedral in Santiago each hold 56 stamps.

If you like collecting the stamps you my want a second (or third) credential.
NinaCamina said:
Also, I'm doing it for "spiritual" reasons, not exactly religious, can I still get the Compostela ? I understand is only for religious reasons and I don't want to lie on my registration online
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The reasons listed on the pre-registration form are Not Religious, Other, and Religious. Don't worry, you will qualify if you have walked at least the final 100 km.
 
DoughnutANZ said:
Depends on which credential you use but in general, over 45 days, probably not. That is okay though, just use two credentials or a spare piece of paper to collect those extra stamps.



Stamp away!



Absolutely
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Thanks for your answers!

I do not have my credential yet, I will get it at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
But perfect, now I know I can get a second one and stamp happily along the way
 
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
The correct answer is: infinite. Whatever your credential, you can create and add gridded out pages to it. It gets full; just add more pages using plain paper and grid them out with pen. For me, I get an American Pilgrims on the Camino credential. I use a pen grid out all of the extraneous pages that come with it: maps, verbiage, cover and last page. I do, however, save the last "official" square formy last stamp in Santiago.
 
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