Verifying my email address for AppleID: Where is the verification link?
I got this fixed. I went to appleid.apple.com, clicked on "Manage your account", logged in, and then clicked on "Send verification email"; the email had a link in it.
Check the source of the page in your email. Look for a line after "...using your Apple ID and password." There should be a link, something along the lines of:
some code - "https://id.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/IDMSAccount.woa/wa/vetemail?language=...followed by about 2 lines of random letters" - more code.
Copy whatever is between " " and paste it in a new tab. It should do the trick.