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If you choose not to pre-register you will be asked to enter your information at a kiosk. You will then be given a number - when your number is announced you go to the desk to receive your Compostela.
Use your smart phone to register in advance online, at the link provided above. The wait at the office will be nil.
Oh, and BTW, many folks have told me that the "queue" moves so fast that one should use the toilet FIRST, so you do not lose your place in line. Even on very heavy arrival days, the line is rarely more than 30 minutes long - ever.
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.
I pre registered and had a Q code. gave it to the guy at the doorway he gave a new one from a machine. got in line of 3 people before me and before nI could photograph the numbers board I was call 4 mins in total. and mine was a tricky application. explain that I did the 100k to SDC non stop under 24 hours. Very very pleasant staff at the counter
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