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LIBERTY
COLONIAL * CRABBE HUSON * NEWPORT * STEIN ROE ADVISOR
May 2, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Colonial Growth and Income Fund, Variable Series
Stein Roe Global Utilities Fund, Variable Series
Colonial Small Cap Value Fund, Variable Series
Colonial U.S. Growth & Income Fund, Variable Series
(formerly known as "Colonial U.S. Stock Fund, Variable Series")
Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series
Colonial High Yield Securities Fund, Variable Series
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund, Variable Series
Colonial International Fund for Growth, Variable Series
Newport Tiger Fund, Variable Series
Colonial International Horizons Fund, Variable Series
Colonial Global Equity Fund, Variable Series
Crabbe Huson Real Estate Investment Fund, Variable Series
(Registration Nos. 33-59216 and 811-7556)
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 and
Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 2000 for the Funds do not
differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 (the "Amendment")
to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed
electronically on April 25, 2000.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
By: /s/Ellen Harrington
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller (Ropes)
D. Young (2)
J. DiMaria (PWC)
J. Terrazino (Stein Roe)
L. DiSilva
M. Jarstfer
Portfolio Managers
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621, 1-800-225-2365
