Admittedly, making money without a Social Security Card can be difficult, as a Social Security Card is required to file an income tax return. There are, however, ways to make smaller amounts of money fairly quickly without needing a Social Security Card. You can also make a little money by working small cash-based jobs, and by identifying and selling items that you may not need, or that are redundant. To create this article, 10 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. Together, they cited 10 references. This article has also been viewed 74, times.