Credencial

[larryflo]

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

 

[sillydoll]

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]

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]

kosher it is.

The right credential is the Kosher one.