Sara K. Ward is a partner at MaionaWard and has exclusively practiced immigration law since 2003. Attorney Ward represents families and employees worldwide with immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing at US Consulates, as well as legal permanent residency at USCIS offices across the United States, Naturalization, NACARA, asylum, waivers of inadmissibility and business immigration matters. Attorney Ward has helped individuals in obtaining immigrant and nonimmigrant visas at Consular posts including but not limited to Amman, Bogota, Bridgetown, Casablanca, Juarez, Kingston, Guatemala City, San Salvador, Santiago, Lima, Montreal, Santo Domingo, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Addis Ababa, Shanghai, Mumbai, Seoul, Manila, Istanbul, Tirana and Katmandu. Attorney Ward was recognized as a Rising Star in the field of Immigration Law by the "Super Lawyer" publication of Boston Magazine in 2008 and 2011. Fluent in Spanish, Sara has knowledge in cross-cultural issues as she studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Valencia, Spain. As a law student, Attorney Ward advocated for migrant farm workers at camps in Ohio and Michigan. Attorney Ward received her B.A. from Assumption College and her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. Attorney Ward is a member of the New England Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is the AILA NE liaison to local Community Based Organizations. She has coordinated AILA NE Citizenship Day since 2009 helping many low income legal permanent residents obtain their dream of becoming US citizens.