▁is ▁permitted ▁to ▁work ▁he ▁or ▁she ▁poss esses ▁sufficient ▁living ▁space ▁for ▁himself ▁or ▁herself ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁family ▁forming ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁household ▁ ▁Add itional ▁prov isions ▁Add itional ▁prov isions ▁( e . g . ▁whether ▁the ▁resident ▁is ▁allowed ▁to ▁work ) ▁are ▁stored ▁on ▁the ▁chip ▁and ▁are ▁printed ▁on ▁a ▁supp lement ary ▁sheet ▁which ▁must ▁be ▁kept ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁residence ▁permit . ▁ ▁Phys ical ▁appearance ▁ ▁Since ▁ 1 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁residence ▁permit ▁is ▁issued ▁as ▁ID - 1 ▁( cred it ▁card ▁size ) ▁pl astic ▁cards ▁with ▁an ▁embedded ▁R F ID ▁chip . ▁It ▁is ▁covered ▁with ▁multi - col our ▁gu illo ch és ▁and ▁appears ▁p ink - blue ▁from ▁the ▁distance . ▁All ▁information ▁on ▁it ▁is ▁given ▁only ▁in ▁German ▁( except ▁for ▁the ▁English ▁words ▁residence ▁permit ). ▁ ▁Front ▁side ▁ ▁The ▁front ▁side ▁shows ▁the ▁symbol ▁for ▁bi ometric ▁travel ▁documents , ▁the ▁German ▁E agle , ▁the ▁European ▁b ull , ▁and ▁the ▁words ▁" AU F ENT H AL T ST IT EL " ▁and ▁" RES ID EN CE ▁P ER MIT ". ▁It ▁contains ▁the ▁following ▁information : ▁ ▁Ph oto ▁of ▁ID ▁card ▁holder ▁( bi ometric ▁photo ) ▁Document ▁number ▁( 9 ▁al phan umeric ▁digits ) ▁Access ▁number ▁for ▁R F ID ▁chip ▁( 6 ▁decimal ▁digits ) ▁S urname ▁Given ▁name ( s