WRL LETTERHEAD
January 2, 1997
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: WRL Series Fund, Inc.
Global Sector Portfolio, US Sector Portfolio
and Foreign Sector Portfolio
File No. 33-507
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of the WRL Series Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), we are filing a
certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933. In this regard, we certify that the form of Statement of Additional
Information ("SAI") for the Global Sector Portfolio, US Sector Portfolio and
Foreign Sector Portfolio of the Fund dated January 1, 1997 otherwise required to
be filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form
of SAI contained in the Form N1-A registration statement for the Fund (the
"Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 26, 1996 via EDGAR.
Sincerely,
/s/ PRISCILLA I. HECHLER
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Priscilla I. Hechler
Assistant Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
cc: Thomas E. Pierpan, Esq.
Kimberly J. Smith, Esq.