diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/submission-complete.jsx b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/submission-complete.jsx
index 5adfa307af9..3c7ca5801b5 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/submission-complete.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/submission-complete.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function SubmissionComplete({ resource }) {
 
   function handleResponse() {
     if (response.isPending) {
-      if (statusPollInterval !== undefined) {
+      if (Number.isFinite(statusPollInterval)) {
         sleepTimeout.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
           setRetryError(() => {
             throw new RetrySubmissionError();
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/document-capture.jsx b/app/javascript/packs/document-capture.jsx
index 02f0d12e12e..2a8f1a8e6d0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/document-capture.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/document-capture.jsx
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ function addPageAction(event, payload) {
       {
         endpoint: String(appRoot.getAttribute('data-endpoint')),
         statusEndpoint: String(appRoot.getAttribute('data-status-endpoint')),
-        statusPollInterval:
-          Number(appRoot.getAttribute('data-status-poll-interval-ms')) || undefined,
+        statusPollInterval: Number(appRoot.getAttribute('data-status-poll-interval-ms')),
         csrf,
         isMockClient,
         backgroundUploadURLs,
diff --git a/config/application.yml.default b/config/application.yml.default
index dbe228d0829..fdcde60c5b3 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.default
+++ b/config/application.yml.default
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ test:
   phone_setups_per_ip_period: 10
   phone_setups_per_ip_track_only_mode: false
   piv_cac_verify_token_secret: 3ac13bfa23e22adae321194c083e783faf89469f6f85dcc0802b27475c94b5c3891b5657bd87d0c1ad65de459166440512f2311018db90d57b15d8ab6660748f
-  poll_rate_for_verify_in_seconds: 1
+  poll_rate_for_verify_in_seconds: 0
   recurring_jobs_disabled_names: '["disabled job"]'
   reg_confirmed_email_max_attempts: 3
   reg_unconfirmed_email_max_attempts: 4