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Door of the Customs Division of the Receita Federal (Inland Revenue) in Florianópolis.

After the best part of six years, the process of moving from England is now over. According to an official with whom I spoke today, interpreting a letter received during our time in England, our imported goods are now no longer subject to any customs procedures. All aspects of our legal situation here are now tied up - Praise the Lord!

What this means in practice is that a large quantity of goods, most of which have zero value - such as defunct computers and a broken microwave, as well as goods vandalised/destroyed in the move, and which have been kept in a friend's garage for the last two years of our six here - can now be disposed of without recourse to the customs people.

Thanks for praying over years, especially regarding our permanent visa, which provided the basis for the closure of the customs' process.

What this means of course is, that, if we were to move back to the UK tomorrow, we would have to enter a five year exportation process...!