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First Variable Life Insurance Company
10 Post Office Square - 12th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
February 3, 1998
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Office of Insurance Products
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: First Variable Life Insurance Company
First Variable Separate Account VL
File No. 333-19193
Dear Sir/Madam:
On behalf of the above captioned Registrant and pursuant to Securities Act Rule
497(j), we hereby certify that the prospectus that would have been filed under
Rule 497(b) does not differ from that contained in the Registrant's most recent
Pre-Effective Amendment No.2, which Amendment has been filed electronically and
declared effective on January 16, 1998.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned.
Sincerely,
s/ Arnold R. Bergman
Arnold R. Bergman
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
