Credencial

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larryflo

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• Apr 14, 2012

• #1

Somewhere I saw the template to make your own credencial. Does anybody recall where it might be?

 

sillydoll

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• Apr 15, 2012

• #2

You can make your own credencial - fold out like the Spanish one, or book with pages like that from the Confraternity - but it probably won't be accepted by the Santiago Pilgrims' Office for a Compostela. A few years ago they stopped accepting all but the official credencials of various confraternites, approved by them. This was to stop the many different credencials printed by tourist companies etc.

 

oursonpolaire

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• Apr 15, 2012

• #3

While I have heard different stories over whether or not a do-it-yourself credencial is received in Santiago, remember that the point of the document is to identify you as a bona fide pilgrim rather than a tourist. Membership in a national pilgrims organization is considered to be sufficient indication, as is requesting it from an official source (cathedral, turismo, pilgrims' office, albergue). Best to obtain a kosher document, and take away any doubt or ambiguity.

 

zammy

Active Member

• Apr 16, 2012

• #4

kosher it is.

The right credential is the Kosher one.