CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment to
Registration Statement No. 333-184918 on Form N-1A of our report dated February
24, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of First
Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF and First Trust Global Tactical
Commodity Strategy Fund, appearing in the Annual Reports on Form N-CSR for First
Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019,
and to the references to us under the headings "Financial Highlights" in the
Prospectuses and "Additional Information", "Miscellaneous Information", and
"Financial Statements" in the Statements of Additional Information, which are
part of such Registration Statement.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois
April 29, 2020