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DRUEN, DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216
(614) 249-7617
FACSIMILE: (614) 249-2418
PRACTICE LIMITED TO NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANIES
AND THEIR ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
December 8, 1998
VIA EDGAR
The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street
Washington, D.C. 20549
Subject: Nationwide VA Separate Account-C
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company
SEC File No. 333-44485
CIK No. 0000909833
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 and on behalf of the
Nationwide VA Separate Account-C (the "Variable Account") and Nationwide Life
and Annuity Insurance Company (the "Company"), we certify that the form of the
Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed under paragraphs (b) or (c) of Rule 497 does not differ from the form of
the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement for the Company and
the Variable Account which became effective on October 15, 1998.
Please contact me at (614) 249-7470 if you have any questions regarding this
filing.
Very truly yours,
DRUEN, DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
Theresa R. Schaefer
cc: Kevin Kirchoff
Office of Insurance Products and Legal Compliance
Mail Stop 5-6
Lorna MacLeod
Office of Insurance Products and Legal Compliance
Mail Stop 5-6
