Canceling A 10 Year Permit Part Tres
Some of you may remember that I was having a problem getting my permit canceled but it came back. I had sent it to the address that was on the web but they moved the office. I resent it to the new add...
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Moisheh,
It's a painful experience but stick with it and you'll survive. The wording of your letter is not exactly the same as the one I rec'd but I'm sure the gist is the same. I did the same as you and saw red when I first read it and thought they wanted the actual registration from the new owner or an apostile copy. After I cooled off I sent an email to them explaining that this was impossible and also phoned them to try to explain. I reached a fellow who spoke very good English and he told me they only wanted a letter on DMV letterhead confirming the trailer had been registered to another owner. I went to the DMV here and they gave me a letter which stated the following: "This will confirm that a xxxxx Travel Trailer,
serial number xxxxx, was last registered to xxxxxxx (ME) of xxxxxxx (address).
The Trailer was registered on May 20,2006 with licence number
xxxxx. The Trailer has now been registered to another individual.
xxxxxx (ME) does not have possession of the Trailer
since August 03,2012.
I emailed a copy of the letter to my contact at Aduana to be sure that was OK and he confirmed that it would be sufficient. I then couriered the original letter to them Sept 24 (another $67 down the drain) and the permit was cancelled on Oct 2.
There was no problem with the letter being in English.
They sent out a Certificate to me by Registered mail confirming the TIP had been cancelled.
Incidentally, if you decide to go the Apostile route you may be in for a shock. The places I contacted when doing my research all spoke of fees in the $150 range.
Buena suerte!
On edit, I thought of one more thing. Be careful of sending too many emails to them. They are answered by any one of many individuals working there, and you may end up dealing with two different people. It's difficult enough to deal with one, but dealing with two is almost impossible.
It's a painful experience but stick with it and you'll survive. The wording of your letter is not exactly the same as the one I rec'd but I'm sure the gist is the same. I did the same as you and saw red when I first read it and thought they wanted the actual registration from the new owner or an apostile copy. After I cooled off I sent an email to them explaining that this was impossible and also phoned them to try to explain. I reached a fellow who spoke very good English and he told me they only wanted a letter on DMV letterhead confirming the trailer had been registered to another owner. I went to the DMV here and they gave me a letter which stated the following: "This will confirm that a xxxxx Travel Trailer,
serial number xxxxx, was last registered to xxxxxxx (ME) of xxxxxxx (address).
The Trailer was registered on May 20,2006 with licence number
xxxxx. The Trailer has now been registered to another individual.
xxxxxx (ME) does not have possession of the Trailer
since August 03,2012.
I emailed a copy of the letter to my contact at Aduana to be sure that was OK and he confirmed that it would be sufficient. I then couriered the original letter to them Sept 24 (another $67 down the drain) and the permit was cancelled on Oct 2.
There was no problem with the letter being in English.
They sent out a Certificate to me by Registered mail confirming the TIP had been cancelled.
Incidentally, if you decide to go the Apostile route you may be in for a shock. The places I contacted when doing my research all spoke of fees in the $150 range.
Buena suerte!
On edit, I thought of one more thing. Be careful of sending too many emails to them. They are answered by any one of many individuals working there, and you may end up dealing with two different people. It's difficult enough to deal with one, but dealing with two is almost impossible.
