Can an embassy request additional documents multiple times during a visa application process?

Those status messages doesn’t tell you anything useable about when you get your application approved/rejected.

You have to read the Embassy website thoroughly and take into account the right now is high season for visa applications.

Most Embassy website gives a very thorough information about processing time.

Additional Documents reset the time counting back to 0, at the day the LAST document are submitted.

They often request documents more than 1 time.

Some Embassies process according to travel date ( to the benefit of the applicant) rathed than application date.

You just have to wait patiently.

Definitely yes but pay attention to wording, maybe its a little something else, it happened to me too

The status doesn’t really mean much, it has just gone from one employee to another, who has the actual approval power. So the person who has the approval power reviewed your application and wanted more documentation. Probably wasn’t confident with original documents

It is common as many posts detail

Yes