• Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.
  • For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

NIE / DNI or Passport?

T

Tinka17

New Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Camino Frances (aug/sept 2019)
Hello, I live in Spain and have a valid Spanish Permiso de Residencia tarjeta (also referred to as NIE) and I am wondering if that’s enough for albergues or other situations where you need to provide id. There’s a foto on it, my ID number and address (in Spain.)

Do Spanish peregrinos bring both passports and DNIs?

There was another thread dedicated to this, but it dated back to 2008 and I thought to ask again for more updated/accurate info.
 
Camino Jewellery
A selection of Camino Jewellery
2024 edition: The Brierley Camino Frances Guide
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
Lightfoot Guide to via Francigena
The 9th edition the Lightfoot Guide will let you complete the journey your way.
i think the NIE is enough, that’s all I use when I am in Spain for everything but....I carry my passport (French) when I travel from England....
Just to be able to get back to England (hopefully these days )
[Sorry mods, it was ‘tongue in cheek’! ]
 
Ok, thank you! Haha yes hopefully
 
There are some situations where the passport is needed, but having a Spanish residency card in Spain would reduce those to such a minimum that they would be unlikely to arise. But I wouldn't want to generalise from that situation -- though if you're a national of an EU Member State that issues identity cards, then these are definitely sufficient.
 
More 2024 Camino Guides available
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
Great, thank you for the info.
 
During our recent Camino (in Spain) we were able to use only our NIE cards and left our passports at home. This may however be different if you need to fly.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest Camino Photo

Most read last week in this forum

Similar threads

  • Tags credencial/sellos/compostela
    • Camino passport
    Replies
    11
    Views
    1K
    LeahB
    D
    Lost & Found Lost Camino passport
    Replies
    3
    Views
    685
    trecile
    A
  • Tags credencial/sellos/compostela
    • Pilgrim Passport in SJPdP?
    Replies
    4
    Views
    874
    ThompsonRG
    T
    Menu
    Log in
    Register