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Oauth API - App Verification process

Hello everyone, 

I'm writing to you because I'm a bit confused about the application verification process to use the Google OAuth API.

Context: I made an application for one of my clients, who wants its users to be able to create an account and log in via Google authentication.

So I created an account on google cloud console, added the application and used the authentication service in test mode. 

I just deployed the application on a production environment, so I wanted to do the same for the OAuth API. 

But I realize that the verification process can take up to 8 weeks...

My question is: is there a way to reduce this time? My client's application is an MVP, it won't have hundreds of users (but I can't stay in test mode). 

In the emails I received from Google, it states:

"Dear Developer,
Thanks for submitting a verification request.
If your app doesn't need to display an icon, you can skip the verification process and no action is required. If you do skip the verification process, the existing functions of your app won't change, as long as the scopes used by your project don't change."

From what I understand, if I remove the app's logo on the authentication page (I think that's what the term "icon" in the text above refers to?) I can just skip the verification process? 

It seems a bit strange to me to skip a whole verification process just by not displaying a logo? On the other hand, I would be fine with that! 

Could someone please enlighten me? 

Thanks in advance,

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