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September 15, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
One Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F ("Registrant")
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 (the "Post-Effective Amendment") to
Registration Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-05227) (the
"Registration Statement")
Commissioners:
In lieu of filing under paragraph (c) of Reg. ss.230.497 of the
Securities Act of 1933, Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F
("Registrant") hereby certifies in accordance with paragraph (j) of
such Reg.ss.230.497 that:
(1) The form of Supplement dated September 11, 2000 to the Profile dated
May 1, 2000, as supplemented by a Supplement dated June 26, 2000, and
the Prospectus dated May 1, 2000, as supplemented by a Supplement
dated June 26, 2000, that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of
Reg. ss.230.497 would not have differed from that contained in the
Post-Effective Amendment, and
(2) The text of the Post-Effective Amendment, which is the most recent
amendment to the Registration Statement, was filed electronically on
September 11, 2000.
SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT F
(Registrant)
/s/ SANDRA M. DADALT
Sandra M. DaDalt, Esq.
Senior Counsel
