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                            MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
              500 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3741
                                 (617) 954-5000



                                        March 1, 2005


VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549

     Re:  MFS(R)  Series  Trust  VIII (the  "Trust")  (File  Nos.  33-37972  and
          811-5262) on Behalf of MFS(R) Global Growth Fund and MFS(R)  Strategic
          Growth Fund (the "Funds")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant  to Rule  497(j)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,
please  accept  this  letter on behalf  of the Trust as  certification  that the
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information for the Fund do not differ
from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 (the "Amendment") to the
Trust's   Registration   Statement  on  Form  N-1A.   The  Amendment  was  filed
electronically on February 25, 2005

     Please call the  undersigned at (617) 954-4340 or Kerilynn  Newman at (617)
954-5192 with any questions you may have.

                                        Very truly yours,



                                        SUSAN A. PEREIRA
                                        Susan A. Pereira
                                        Counsel

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