TABASA VS CAFACTS:When he was 7 years old, Joevanie A. Tabasa acquired American citizenship when his father became a naturalized citizen of the US. In 1995, he arrived in the Philippines and was admitted as "balikbayan"; thereafter, he was arrested and detained by the agent of BIR. Th Consul General of the US embassy of Manila filed a request with the BID that his passport has been revoked and that Tabasa had a standing warrant for several federal charges against him.Petitioner alleged that he acquired Filipino citizenship by repatriation in accordance with the RA No. 8171, and that because he is now a Filipino citizen, he cannot be deported or detained by the BID.ISSUE:Whether or not he has validly reacquired Philippine citizenship under RA 8171 and therefore, is not an undocumented alien subject to deportation.RULING:No. Petitioner is not qualified to avail himself of repatriation under RA 8171. The only person entitled to repatriation under RA 8171 is either a Filipino woman who lost her Philippine citizenship by marriage to an alien, or a natural-born Filipino, including his minor children who lost Philippine citizenship on account of political or economic necessity.Petitioner was already 35 years old when he filed for repatriation. The act cannot be applied in his case because he is no longer a minor at the time of his repatriation in 1996. The privilege under RA 8171 only belongs to children who are of minor age at the time of filing of the petition for repatriation.