VOYA LETTERHEAD

LAW / PRODUCT FILING UNIT
ONE ORANGE WAY, C2S
WINDSOR, CT 06095-4774

J. NEIL MCMURDIE

SENIOR COUNSEL

PHONE:  (860) 580-2824  |  EMAIL:  NEIL.MCMURDIE@VOYA.COM

May 2, 2018

BY EDGARLINK

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re: Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account B Prospectus Title:  Group Variable Annuity Contracts for Employer-Sponsored Deferred Compensation Plans File Nos.:  033-75996^* and 811-02512 Rule 497(j) Filing

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account B, we hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that:

·The form of Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not have differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statement; and

·The text of the most recent post-effective amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statement was filed electronically by EDGARLink on April 13, 2018.

If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned at 860-580-2824.

Sincerely,

/s/ J. Neil McMurdie

J. Neil McMurdie

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^*Pursuant to Rule 429(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, Registrant has included a combined prospectus under this Registration Statement which includes all the information which would currently be required in a prospectus relating to the securities covered by Registration Statement Nos. 002-52448 and 033-88722 and the individual deferred compensation contracts covered by Registration Statement No. 033-76000.