I'm not sure that becoming a citizen to eliminate the trust works that well economically. I may be wrong, but think you have a separate legal entity as the seller because the trust holds the title and then you become the buyer as a Mexican citizen. You get to go to the notario and pay the title transfer and other fees, which may be a lot relative to paying the $500 a year trust fee.

This would be an excellent question to ask a trusted Mexican attorney. However, I have been warned not to trust Mexican lawyers and have heard horror stories from someone that I believe is telling the truth. My sparse interactions have been without incident. Can anyone comment on their experiences with Mexican attorneys?

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I'm not sure that becoming a citizen to eliminate the trust works that well economically. I may be wrong, but think you have a separate legal entity as the seller because the trust holds the title and then you become the buyer as a Mexican citizen. You get to go to the notario and pay the title transfer and other fees, which may be a lot relative to paying the $500 a year trust fee.

Now that supposedly we are dialed in for payments, we will become citizens in the next year or two. It takes a while. Then, how long will it take to pay to eliminate our trust? Doesn't really matter, we are here and happy!

Good luck!

I tried everything, and never got more than a response every year or two from Amarantha.

Last summer, someone posted about Amarantha being out on maternity leave. I messaged her address, was referred to someone else, then when he was out, was referred to another, somewhere someone posted the name of a boss. So, for the last 6 months, during the first week of every month I have messaged everyone with my trust number, a short statement of what I was trying to do and asking for help paying it. After 3 months, Pablo messaged me saying that there was nothing since the trust was transferred in 2017, and he didn't know what to do about it. So, I attached my monthly message to everyone to his email. Over the holidays I got several more addresses when people were out of office and there was a referral address provided.

Yesterday I received a nice reply from Amarantha with the credit card payment form, the confirmation of our annual fee, of which we owed 6, no late fees, nothing, and it was copied to many other addresses within Scotia Bank. I promptly filled out the form and sent it back and copied it to everyone.

Today, I received another nice reply from Amarantha confirming the total due and stating that the credit card would be charged in the next couple of weeks and thanking us for our patience.

I thanked her and copied everyone on her response and my thanks.

I think we have success after 6 years. It pays to be a pain in the ass!