The freeze is pretty wide ranging and will apply to:
- H1-B - Specialty occupations
- H4 - Immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders
- L - Intracompany transferees from oversees
- J - Work-and study-based exchange
- H2-B - Temporary non-agricultural workers
How likely is this to continue applying beyond the year's end?
The pandemic is also used as a reason to stop consular services around the world, in effect stopping any new visa applications even for non-immigrant visas not mentioned in this article.