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Rossandjeannie

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #1

Hi all. Me and my wife are starting our Camino tomorrow. We have pre-registered for our credentials and my wife has received her QR code but I have not despite sending mine yesterday and also tried again today. If I don’t receive it before going to Porto cathedral today what will they do ? Thanks and Buen Caminho everyone

 

Tincatinker

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #2

The cathedral in Porto? Nothing. Though they will stamp your credencial. The QR code is purely an administrative process of the pilgrims office in Santiago

 

Bradypus

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #3

Registering online is only to speed up the process of receiving a Compostela at the end of your journey. You do not have to be registered anywhere before you start walking. Make sure to have your credencial stamped every day - and at least twice per day for the final 100km. You can sort out the registration business on arrival in Santiago.

 

dougfitz

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #4

Rossandjeannie said:

Hi all. Me and my wife are starting our Camino tomorrow. We have pre-registered for our credentials and my wife has received her QR code but I have not despite sending mine yesterday and also tried again today. If I don’t receive it before going to Porto cathedral today what will they do ? Thanks and Buen Caminho everyone

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The might be some confusion here. I don't think that you need to register with the cathedral in Porto to collect a credencial. It is advantageous to register with the Pilgrim Office in Santiago to collect your compostela, but you can also do this on arrival.

 

Robo

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #5

Credencial is your Pilgrim 'Passport' to collect stamps and gain access to Albergues (not all will ask for it) This can be obtained in a range of places. I have not been to Porto but I imagine the cathedral will sell them. And you can get your first stamp at the same time.

Compostela is your certificate at the end, in Santiago collected from the Pilgrim's office, where you can pre register and get a QR code.

 

VNwalking

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #6

Get a credencial in Porto if you don't have one already - as @Robo said, you can probably get one at the Cathedral.
Stamp it along the way, twice a day in the last 100km.
Then pre-register for a QR code that will speed you through the process of getting a Compostella from the pilgrim's Office in Santiago.

Easy peasy. Oh, yeah - there is the part about walking. That's a bit more difficult.
Buen camino to you both, @Rossandjeannie!

 

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Rossandjeannie

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September 23

• Sep 12, 2023

• #7

Thanks all. Just thought it weird that my wife got her QR code and I didn’t. Guess we have almost 3 weeks before I have to panic. We will just go to the cathedral and get our credentials and our first stamp today and begin tomorrow. Scary and exciting. Thanks again to everyone in the forums who have helped us prepare for this journey. Buen Caminho.

 

naplesdon

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #8

The hours that they hand out credentials at the cathedral are iffy at best. It is a small desk near the entrance and I think the vestry is nearby. You may have to knock on a few doors...

 

dougfitz

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #9

I got my most recent credential at Capala das Almas, on the corner of Rua de Fernandes Torres and Rua de Santa Catarina. It's about a km from the Se as the crow flies, and a little off the Camino routes, but if you are staying close by, that might be another option.

 

trecile

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• Sep 12, 2023

• #10

Rossandjeannie said:

Thanks all. Just thought it weird that my wife got her QR code and I didn’t. Guess we have almost 3 weeks before I have to panic

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No need to panic at all. If you never get the code the staff at the Pilgrims Office will help you out.

Have you checked your spam folder for the email with QR code?