This paper introduces an application of biometric watermarking algorithm based on the fingerprint minutiae data in Automated Fingerprint Identification system (AFIS).The reference copy of the fingerprint minutiae data is embedded in a host image that is the digital copy of the personal identification paper

such as ID card.The biometric data is hidden in every corresponding personal identification paper

instead of storing in the biometric database

which greatly promotes the security of AFIS.This algorithm is also robust to the J PEG compression and geometric distortion.Furthermore

the fingerprint data provides an additional cue in authenticating the personal identification paper.Experimental results show that authentication with more security is performed provided that the identification system works effectively using the watermarked identification card

and the algorithm is robust to some attacks.