Canceling Temporary Visitor Status

I've read in a thread that has something written about being able to cancel you temporary visitors status and would like to know a some more about.
I am a Dual Citizen, but i do not have my koseki tohon/shohon to make a Japanese passport here in the states. I plan on going back to Japan in the next couple of months to live there which seems like its going to be difficult without a Japanese passport so i would like to know a more information about canceling the temp. visitor status.

Cancelling the temporary visitor status to change to what? Do you mean once you have a Japanese passport? If you do get a Japanese passport or a child of a Japanese national visa, Japan Immigration will sort out your visa status for you if necessary.

Why? What you're saying doesn't make much sense unfortunately.

Unless you're going to be there for more than three months and work while you're there, it's not going to make any difference. When you say go back, do you mean that you used to live there permanently?

You are a Japanese Citizen, Great, But don't have a Japanese Passport, no problem, Just come to Japan using your US passport, Welcome back home.
Just go to the Passport office in Japan and apply for your Japanese Passport, you will need the right documents but since you are a Japanese Citizen it should be no problem.

I guess i didn't explain it right. Yes i did mean to go back to Japan and live there permanently. From what i know if I go to Japan with my US passport the Japanese government will not recognize my Japanese rights and will only list me down as a US Temporary Visitor. That is why i am asking if it is possible to cancel that so i can have live there as a Japanese citizen.

Japan does not recognize dual nationality, and hence someone like you is supposed to choose Japanese citizenship or another when he/she reaches certain age (I forgot the exact age--but somewhere between 18-22). Since you seem to have used your U.S. passport to enter Japan previously, it is most likely that the Japanese government would take it as an indication of your intention to keep U.S. citizenship, which, in their eyes, automatically nullified your Japanese citizenship. If you were still younger than the age that requires you to make a decision about your nationality when you travelled to Japan as a U.S. citizen, perhaps you still can declare to possess Japanese citizenship. In any case, you will really need to consult the Japanese Embassy/consulate or a legal specialist on this. But if I were you, I would not be so optimistic. Good luck.

Unless you're willing to go to the extremes of destroying your American passport right on the spot when you apply for a Japanese passport, you're going to be facing a massive uphill battle. This is something you need to consult the Japanese consulate about. They're very helpful and understanding of situations like yours.

Let us know if you're able to get a Japanese passport. Even when dealing with the consulate, it can really vary on the particular person you end up talking with.

Come to Japan using your US Passport, then will your in Japan apply for your Japanese Passport, once you received your Japanese Passport take a short trip To Korea leave using your US passport and when you arrive in Korea you use your Japanese passport and when you come back you use your Japanese passport.
Just Don't mention or show that you have 2 passports (Dual nationality) easy man.

Pon again. Regarding the above post, the Japanese government is not that dumb. In order to obtain your Japanese passport in Japan, you will need to furnish "juminhyo" (certificate of residence) along with your koseki, etc. But if you are a visitor from abroad (that is, by entering Japan with your U.S. passport), you are not able to get a "juminhyo" because you are not a legal resident, not to mention being a "citizen". (Foreign visitors cannot have "juminhyo;" they instead get alien registration cards.) Besides, you have to fill out every form in Japanese when you apply for a passport, which is not that easy, either. So your best bet is to talk to someone in a nearby Japanese consulate.

It looks like Pon is indeed right. You will need this juminhyo when appying for your passport in Japan.
Since you wont be able to meet this requirement you would need to go through your consulate.

In honesty the process is not that difficult, why not just go through the hoops to get your passport before you travel? You say you don't have the required documents - that's not a problem if you are entitled to them you can get them, even through the consulate.

Maybe you should be more clear on how exactly are you a "duel citizen"?

Any case if it was because of one of your parents or both of your parents, then you could apply for all the necessary items at a consulate or embassy outside of Japan.

Japan does not recognize dual nationality, and hence someone like you is supposed to choose Japanese citizenship or another when he/she reaches certain age (I forgot the exact age--but somewhere between 18-22). Since you seem to have used your U.S. passport to enter Japan previously, it is most likely that the Japanese government would take it as an indication of your intention to keep U.S. citizenship, which, in their eyes, automatically nullified your Japanese citizenship.

Automiatically nullified Japanese Nationality, and where did you get this piece of information? Japanese immigration websites are fine I'd like to read this fine point.

Japan does recognize duel nationality up to a certain age, and just because someone who is in that age range does use a passport of the other nationality to enter Japan, doesn't nullify their Japanese nationality automatically, just because you use the other passport, there isn't an automatic assumption by the Japanese government that automatically cancels out your Japanese nationality. If that is the case.

Express is correct on that point, the Japanese government will almost never automatically nullify Japanese citizenship UNLESS you were born Japanese-only (born in Japan to Japanese parents) and decide to get another citizenship later. In that case, your citizenship is automatically gone.

Anyhow, don't waste your time here, go to the consulate to get straight, real answers!

Didn't notice i got this many replies.

Well i was born in Japan with my father being American and my mother Japanese, and I'm also still 20 which is still under the age to choose citizenship (i believe it was 22).

Well anyways I called the Japanese consulate and asked them if I am able to make a Japanese Passport after telling them i was Dual and still 20 and they said it was okay like there was no problem at all. So I'll be getting my Koseki Shohon sent to me and make a trip to consulate to make a J passport.