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New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-3700
May 3, 2000
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Insurance Products
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: New England Variable Annuity Fund I
File No. 333-11137
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Commissioners:
On behalf of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and New
England Variable Annuity Fund I (the "Account"), I hereby certify, pursuant to
paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the form of
prospectus being used for certain variable annuity contracts offered by the
Company through the Account and otherwise required to be filed under paragraph
(c) of Rule 497 does not differ from the prospectus in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 6 for the Account filed electronically with the Commission on April 28,
2000.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3514.
Sincerely,
Michele H. Abate
