The constant run-down of "things you can do on the CRA website" is painful.

Really, what are the odds that any of those activities are going to be relevant for a particular caller.

"Did you know you can file a mining surplus ore form with our automatic ore assay app? Ask an agent for details."

"Did you know you can convert your paperwork to a wide range of self-propelled aircraft? Visit our website to learn more."

#onHold #ShootMeNow

And now, I have to figure out how to make an eVISA account.

The UK Government sent me an email, as it is wont to do.

"If you did not receive this email directly from the Home Office, it may not be possible to create your account or view your eVisa yet.

Dear Sir/Madam,
We have previously contacted you to take action to create a UKVI account and access your eVisa.

To do this, go to https://www.gov.uk/get-access-evisa to get access to your eVisa.

Your biometric residence permit (BRP) will expire on [redacted]. To prove your immigration status after this date you will need to replace your BRP with an eVisa, which is free and easy to do. The expiration of your BRP card does not affect your immigration status.

Your BRP will not be replaced when it expires. You should take action to create a UKVI account and access your eVisa before your BRP expires, so you can continue to prove your immigration status easily.

If you have already completed all of the steps to create your account and access your eVisa, you can ignore this message.
What you need to do now

You need to set up access to your eVisa, which will replace your BRP.

You will need:

your BRP number (or visa or immigration application number)
your passport (if you do not have a BRP)
access to an email address and phone number
access to a smartphone

Go to https://www.gov.uk/get-access-evisa to get access to your eVisa.
Got a question?

To watch a video on how to create a UKVI account and access your eVisa go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LYfUNTiEo.

For more information about eVisas and to get help creating your UKVI account, visit: https://www.gov.uk/evisa.
Already have an eVisa or another physical document?

Go to https://www.gov.uk/evisa for more information on how this change will affect you. Other physical documents include things like a certificate of entitlement of right of abode.
Legal representative, or an immigration application advisor?

If you are a legal representative or advisor and used your email address for client immigration applications, please ignore this message. We will provide more information later this year.
Stay updated

For the latest eVisa information visit https://www.gov.uk/evisa, and sign up for updates. This page will be regularly updated throughout 2024."

I followed the linked process (after checking it wasn't a scam).
I reached a feedback loop so I asked the help desk.
The adventure clusterfusks on...!  

#ShootMeNow #UK #England #Brits #British #English #Naturalisation #Citizenship #UnitedKingdom #Brexit #Immigrants #WeGetTheJobDone #Migrant #Emigrant #ExPat #Travel #Passport #BRP #BiometricResidencePermit

"Life in the UK Test , Question 16 of 24: What percentage of the work force are women?
50%, 40%, 60%, or 30%.
Incorrect
Women in Britain today make up about half of the workforce. On average, girls leave school with better qualifications than boys. More women than men study at university."

Guess what I answered and they said was correct.

Did you know?!
The UK Home Office (or maybe the DWP? Idfk) recorded my fingerprints before I could get my Biometric Residence Permit.
No notice that this would happen; my employer told me when they called to explain why they couldn't pay me or offer more shifts.
They didn't already have my fingerprints because I have never intentionally broken a law.
They stopped my employer from giving me any more shifts at uni until I paid £130 I didn't have for the privilege. Got my pay eventually.
There was no fucking choice if I wanted to remain here legally.
And then the BRP share codes became a requirement in years since.
My prospective employer kindly let me know mid-paperwork following successful interview.
The story continues...! 🏇

#ShootMeNow #UK #England #Brits #British #English #Naturalisation #Citizenship #UnitedKingdom #Brexit #Immigrants #WeGetTheJobDone #Migrant #Emigrant #ExPat #Travel #Passport #BRP #BiometricResidencePermit

Y'all, this was a *journey*. @mikejs reminded me to check the advanced permissions, and *of course* there was a Deny on my local user (whyyyyyyyyyy?), and *of course* I couldn't remove it even after launching file explorer with administrator rights...

So I ended up enabling the built-in Adminstrator account (net user administrator /active:yes), switching to that user, and trying again - and it *still* wouldn't let me change the permissions! 🤬​

What finally did work was taking Administrator ownership of the files:
takeown /F C:\Users\Lisa\Backups\X250\Personal
takeown /F C:\Users\Lisa\Backups\X250\Personal /r /d y
(this hung on some DLL for an ancient NIC installer, which it claimed didn't exist even though *it was reporting to me that it was trying to act on it*, WTF) - solved that by blowing away the entire installer directory, because OMG I need to decruftify all this ancient data)

and then granting the Administrator access:
icacls C:\Users\Lisa\Backups\X250\Personal /grant Administrators:F
icacls C:\Users\Lisa\Backups\X250\Personal /grant Administrators:F
/t
(which touched *every single individual file* and hung on a couple of ridiculously-long Unix filenames from a phone SD card backup, which I solved by renaming the files, but then it had to start over from the beginning each time, because of course it did)

And *then* I could finally change the Deny to Allow, apply it to all child objects, apply the changes, and change the owner back to my local user.

If you have read this far, my apologies for writing a book on your feed - my sole purpose it dropping all this here is that I just opted in to search, so maybe someday this will help some poor bastard who gets the same error. I expect to have to sysadmin my Linux boxen - not my personal laptop!!

#Windows #Windows11 #permissions #shootmenow