JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var retries = 0,
    token = "toki wartooth is not a bumblebee",
    sendRequest,
    handelResponse,
    $theForm = $('#tehForm');

$(document).ready(function() {
    // Attach the action to the form
    $theForm.bind('submit', onsubmit_action);
});

sendRequest = function() {
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        cache: "false",
        url: "/remoteCall",
        dataType: "json",
        data: {
            ref_token: token
        },
        success: handelResponse
    });
};

handelResponse = function(data, code, jqXHR) {
    switch (data.status) {
        case "SUCCESS":
            alert("Success");
            $theForm.bind('submit', onsubmit_action);                    
            $theForm.submit();
            // --> HERE IS WHERE I WANT THE FORM TO SUBMIT <--
            $theForm.submit();
            break;

        case "PENDING":
            if (retries < 9) {
                retries += 1;
                setTimeout(sendRequest , 1000);
            } else {
                alert("Failed after 9 tries");
            }
            break;

        case "ERROR":
            alert("Error");
            break;

        default:
            alert("Some kind of horrible error occurred");
            break;
        }
};

function onsubmit_action(evt) {
    evt.preventDefault();
    sendRequest();
}