March 2, 2011
VIA EDGAR
| | The United States Securities and |
| | Washington, D.C. 20549-8629 |
| Subject: | Nationwide Variable Account-II |
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
N-4 Post-Effective Amendment No. 12, 1933 Act File No. 333-140621
CIK No.: 0000356514
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001190903-11-000003
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, and on behalf of its Nationwide Variable Account-II, Nationwide Life Insurance Company ("Nationwide") respectfully requests the withdrawal of Post-Effective Amendment No. 12, filed January 4, 2011, File No. 333-140621, together with all exhibits thereto ("the Registration Statement").
Nationwide's request is driven by the SEC staff's instruction to withdraw the registration statement and refile it as a new registration statement. Accordingly, Nationwide respectfully requests effectiveness of this withdrawal to be as soon as practicable.
Nationwide confirms that: (i) the Registration Statement has not automatically become effective nor been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission; (ii) no securities have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement or the prospectus incorporated therein; and (iii) no preliminary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement has been distributed.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact me at 614-249-8782.
Sincerely yours,
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
/s/JAMIE RUFF CASTO
Jamie Ruff Casto
Managing Counsel
cc: Ms. Rebecca Marquigny
