As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2013

1933 Act Registration No. 333-35883

1940 Act Registration No. 811-08361

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 34	x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 35	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

71 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (312) 655-4400

Copies to:

Caroline Kraus, Esq.	Stephen H. Bier, Esq.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.	Dechert LLP
200 West Street	1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10282	New York, NY 10036
(Name and address of agent for service)

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the registration statement

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

q on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

q 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

q on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

¨ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

q on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This filing relates solely to the following series and classes of the Registrant:

Service Shares of the Goldman Sachs Structured U.S. Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund, Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Growth Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund, Goldman Sachs High Quality Floating Rate Fund, Goldman Sachs Equity Index Fund, Goldman Sachs Global Markets Navigator Fund and Goldman Sachs Money Market Fund.

Institutional Shares of the Goldman Sachs Structured U.S. Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Structured Small Cap Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Strategic Growth Fund, Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Strategic International Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund, Goldman Sachs Growth Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs Core Fixed Income Fund and Goldman Sachs High Quality Floating Rate Fund.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 35 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City and State of New York on the 21^st day of May, 2013.

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

By:	/s/ Caroline Kraus
	Caroline Kraus
	Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to said Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Name	Title	Date
1 James A. McNamara	President (Chief Executive Officer) and Trustee	May 21, 2013
James A. McNamara
1 George F. Travers	Principal Financial Officer and Senior Vice President	May 21, 2013
George F. Travers
1 Ashok N. Bakhru	Chairman and Trustee	May 21, 2013
Ashok N. Bakhru
1 Donald C. Burke	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Donald C. Burke
1 John P. Coblentz, Jr.	Trustee	May 21, 2013
John P. Coblentz, Jr.
1 Diana M. Daniels	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Diana M. Daniels
1 Joseph P. LoRusso	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Joseph P. LoRusso
1 Jessica Palmer	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Jessica Palmer
1 Alan A. Shuch	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Alan A. Shuch
1 Richard P. Strubel	Trustee	May 21, 2013
Richard P. Strubel

By:	/s/ Caroline Kraus
	Caroline Kraus,
	Attorney-In-Fact

¹  Pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Secretary for Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (the “Trust”) hereby certifies that the Board of Trustees of the Trust duly adopted the following resolution at a meeting of the Board held on August 15-16, 2012.

RESOLVED, that the Trustees and Officers of the Trust who may be required to execute any amendments to the Trust’s Registration Statement be, and each hereby is, authorized to execute a power of attorney appointing James A. McNamara, Caroline Kraus, Andrew Murphy, Robert Griffith and Matthew Wolfe, jointly and severally, their attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution, for said Trustees and Officers in any and all capacities to sign the Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the Trust and any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, the Trustees and Officers hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or may have caused to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated: May 21, 2013

/s/ Caroline Kraus

Caroline Kraus,

Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase