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LIBERTY
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FUNDS GROUP
LIBERTY FUNDS GROUP LLC
COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
COLONIAL ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.
STEIN ROE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES Stein Roe & Farnham Incorporated
LIBERTY FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
LIBERTY FUNDS SERVICES, INC.
June 5, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust (Trust)
File Nos. 33-14954 and 811-5199
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses dated
June 1, 2000 and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000, Revised
June 1, 2000, for the Funds does not differ from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 (the "Amendment") to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed electronically on June 1, 2000.
Very truly yours,
STEINROE VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
By: /s/Suzan M. Barron
Suzan M. Barron
Assistant Secretary
cc: S. Winick (Bell Boyd)
J. DiMaria
D. Young (2)
L. DiSilva
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621
