American Century Investments
                                4500 Main Street
                           Kansas City, Missouri 64111

April 29, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:    American Century Variable Portfolios II, Inc.
       1933 Act File No. 33-46922
       1940 Act File No. 811-10155

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
undersigned hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of
Rule 497 with respect to the above-referenced issuer would not have differed
from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, filed April 25th, 2002,
to the issuer's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, the text of which has been
filed electronically.

    If there are any questions or comments regarding this filing, please contact
the undersigned at (816) 340-7480.

Very truly yours,


/s/Anastasia H. Enneking
Anastasia H. Enneking
Corporate Counsel