Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

May 3, 2012

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:  Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL
     File No. 333-40161 (Equity Options)
     Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:

On behalf of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and
Metropolitan Life Separate Account UL (the "Account"), I hereby certify,
pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the
form of Prospectus Supplement and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI")
being used for certain variable life insurance policies 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 Supplement and SAI for that product
contained in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 for the Account filed
electronically with the Commission on April 12, 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3031.

Sincerely,


/s/ John E. Connolly, Jr.
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John E. Connolly, Jr., Esq.
Assistant General Counsel