Pre-registering for combination Camino Compostela

[Scraig]

Hi All, need advice, so my husband and I started our Camino on the France route in April of this year and after 350km we had to return home to recover an injured leg. One week ago today we are back to finish our way to Santiago but we are finishing on the Portugal Coastal Route.
My question is how will I pre-register for our Compostela when it ask where we started. We registered in the Pilgrim office in SJPP but when we started on Porto we just got our credentials without registering.
Thanks in advance for your advise.
Mike n Susan

 

[Tincatinker]

There is no registration process for any Camino, other than the Bureau Pelerin in St Jean pd P who collect information for statistical purposes.

Your Compostela will be awarded for completing the final 100km into Santiago on whatever route you walk. You can pre-register with the Santiago Pilgrim's Office to expedite the process of claiming a Compostella. You can nominate Porto as your starting point. Your earlier adventures on the Camino Frances are not relevant to that process.

Bom Caminho

 

[Anniesantiago]

There is no registration process for any Camino, other than the Bureau Pelerin in St Jean pd P who collect information for statistical purposes.

Your Compostela will be awarded for completing the final 100km into Santiago on whatever route you walk. You can pre-register with the Santiago Pilgrim's Office to expedite the process of claiming a Compostella. You can nominate Porto as your starting point. Your earlier adventures on the Camino Frances are not relevant to that process.

Bom Caminho

I think some of the confusion may be on these newer Credentials where it says "register" up top.
Even though it's for the Compostela, it's a little confusing to those who have never walked before.
I, myself, am confused about this.
Do you scan it and they give you an appointment or ???

Also, when I go to SJPP, I "register" my Camino in the Pilgrim Office.

By the way, this Credential was found yesterday and there's no owner's info on it.
Cool stamp though. I wonder where they got it?

 

[henrythedog]

I think some of the confusion may be on these newer Credentials where it says "register" up top.
Even though it's for the Compostela, it's a little confusing to those who have never walked before.
I, myself, am confused about this.
Do you scan it and they give you an appointment or ???

Also, when I go to SJPP, I "register" my Camino in the Pilgrim Office.

By the way, this Credential was found yesterday and there's no owner's info on it.
Cool stamp though. I wonder where they got it?

You scan the QR code on the credencial (or go direct to the website), select your preferred language and fill in the basic information including an email address.

Website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/registro-individual/

In reply you’ll get a confirmation email with another QR code which you scan on arrival at the reception in Santiago. You will then be allocated a place in the queue or - if you’re lucky - be waved straight in.

The translation (in English, at least), is a bit hit and miss. Even if you’re a solo peregrin@ you ‘create a group’. If I figured it out, anyone can.

 

[J Willhaus]

The compostella will be for your walk on the Portuguese. Although it is nice you walked the 350 km on the CF, you did not walk the last 100 km.

Edit: if you used a different credential for your 350 km on the CF, you would go back to where you stopped at some point in the future and finish that Camino by starting where you stopped before. Ultimately though, the pilgrim office volunteers will be looking to see you finished the last 100 km of that route for a compostella. Remember to get 2 stamps per day in the last 100 km.

 

[Anniesantiago]

You scan the QR code on the credencial (or go direct to the website), select your preferred language and fill in the basic information including an email address.

Website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/registro-individual/

In reply you’ll get a confirmation email with another QR code which you scan on arrival at the reception in Santiago. You will then be allocated a place in the queue or - if you’re lucky - be waved straight in.

The translation (in English, at least), is a bit hit and miss. Even if you’re a solo peregrin@ you ‘create a group’. If I figured it out, anyone can.

So you do this AFTER you arrive in Santiago?

 

[dougfitz]

So you do this AFTER you arrive in Santiago?

It can be done before that, or at least that is my experience from earlier this year. I did it a couple of days out, but there wasn't any limit imposed on how early or late it could be done.

 

[henrythedog]

It can be done before that, or at least that is my experience from earlier this year. I did it a couple of days out, but there wasn't any limit imposed on how early or late it could be done.

Yes; anytime. It just holds your details against the QR code you get sent until you turn up at the office. It only takes a couple of minutes to fill in the data.

 

[t2andreo]

In the case of combination Caminos, where you start on one route but end on another, it is interesting to note that only seven (IIRC) Caminos actually terminate at Santiago de Compostela. All of the other, derivative Camino routes, feed into one of these seven routes to finish at Santiago.

Thus, and I think this is how the database is set up, if you started on the Aragones, then joined the Camino Frances at Puenta la Reina, you should indicate that you are arriving off the Camino Frances. When you get the chance to fill in your starting point, you should be able to indicate Somport, Jaca, or wherever on the Aragones you actually started. I believe that this holds true for most all the Camino routes.

The only exception that I am aware of is the Via de la Plata, even though you either join the Frances at Astorga ,or cut over on the Sanabres earlier. The advance online registration allows you to state "Via de la Plata," and then to choose the starting place.

I could be wrong. I last worked at the Pilgrim Office in 2022. A serious family illness precluded my participation this year.

Hope this helps.

Tom

 

[dbier]

I think some of the confusion may be on these newer Credentials where it says "register" up top.
Even though it's for the Compostela, it's a little confusing to those who have never walked before.
I, myself, am confused about this.
Do you scan it and they give you an appointment or ???

Also, when I go to SJPP, I "register" my Camino in the Pilgrim Office.

By the way, this Credential was found yesterday and there's no owner's info on it.
Cool stamp though. I wonder where they got it?

That looks a little like the special stamp my husband and I waited for one morning at a little kiosk. Either Portomarin or Palas du Rei

 

[Scraig]

There is no registration process for any Camino, other than the Bureau Pelerin in St Jean pd P who collect information for statistical purposes.

Your Compostela will be awarded for completing the final 100km into Santiago on whatever route you walk. You can pre-register with the Santiago Pilgrim's Office to expedite the process of claiming a Compostella. You can nominate Porto as your starting point. Your earlier adventures on the Camino Frances are not relevant to that process.

Bom Caminho

Thanks for your help.

 

[Philtration]

Start a new credential for the Portuguese and save your Frances credencial. Some day you may want to come back and finish from where you left off after your injury. Many people complete caminos in bits and pieces over several years.