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October 19, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Re:	First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
	(Registration Nos. 333-210186 and 811-23147)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (the “Registrant”), we are transmitting for electronic filing pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the forms of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the Registrant filed as part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A on October 2, 2020 in the exact forms in which they are used. The Registration Statement relates to FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – October, a series of the Registrant.

If you have any questions or comments, please telephone the undersigned at (312) 845-3781.

Very truly yours,
Chapman and Cutler llp
By:	/s/ Eric F. Fess
	Eric F. Fess

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