FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND, 497J, 1996-05-01

FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND
497J, 1996-05-01

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   FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND
95 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005




                              May 1, 1996



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

          Re:  First Investors Series Fund
               File Nos. 33-25623 and 811-5690

Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), First Investors Series Fund (the "Fund") hereby certifies:

     (1)  The form of Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information
that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have
differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Fund's
Registration Statement, the most recent Post-Effective Amendment filed with
the Commission; and

     (2)  The text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 was filed
electronically with the Commission.

                              Very truly yours,

                              FIRST INVESTORS SERIES FUND




                              By:  /s/C. Durso             
                                   C. Durso, Vice President


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