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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ONE MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10010
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL
Registration No. 33-57320
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Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (the "Registrant") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(b) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-6, constituting the most recent amendment to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-6; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-6 was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1996.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Robin Wagner
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Robin Wagner
Counsel
