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New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
May 5, 1997
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Insurance Products
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Re: New England Variable Annuity Separate Account
File No. 33-85442
Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:
On behalf of New England Life Insurance Company (the"Company") and New
England Variable Annuity Separate Account (the "Account"), we hereby certify,
pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the
form of prospectus and statement of additional information ("SAI") being used
for certain variable annuity contracts offered by the Company through the
Account and otherwise required to be filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 does
not differ from the prospectus and SAI contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
4 for the Account filed electronically with the Commission on April 30, 1997.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3104.
Sincerely,
Maura A. Murphy
