RonC - hoping you are still reading this thread - and this is off topic - but can we get some classification as to what you consider a US presense - your faq here
http://64.38.213.196/ says we need a US business address, US tax id and bank account. CCbill advised a colegue here in Australia that a Tax ID was all that was needed. We can get issued US EIN tax ID's as Australian companies - I already have one infact. Will this suffice or do we need a company in the US. Some clarification on this would be really helpful right about now. (If you have already answered here somewhere else I appologise - I have missed it.)