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Myng,
Just to add to the advice other folk here have given you ...
First, I think you'll find that it's not your Amazon account that's on hold -- it's just the payment method. As far as I know, Amazon don't "hold" the entire account, but they can reject as specific payment for one reason or another.
The usual way to deal with the situation is to use an entirely different account and credit card to purchase the gift certificates.
If you haven't already done so, create a new Amazon account, with a different email address. Use that account to purchase a gift certificate, using a different credit card. The credit card does not have to have a US address (but make sure it has a genuine address).
On purchasing the gift card, choose the "Email a gift card" option, and enter the name and email address associated with your Kindle account.
Once you receive the gift card at the recipient's email address, pay it into your Kindle / Amazon account in the usual way.
This system has worked for me and many others, but you do need to be careful to keep your two Amazon persona completely separate.
Note that you can't use this system to pay for magazine subscriptions. If you try, your credit card (the one associated with your Kindle account) will be checked, and if the address you registered is not the one associated with the credit card, it will be rejected. But even so, that shouldn't affect other purchases.
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