FORM N-SAR
                            SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
                       FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Report for six month period ending:   /  /  (a)

          or fiscal year ending:  12/31  /99   (b)

Is this a transition report?  (Y/N)  N


Is this an amendment to a previous filing?  (Y/N)  Y


Those  items or  sub-items  with a box "/"  after  the  item  number  should  be
completed only if the answer has changed from the previous filing on this form.

1.       A.   Registrant Name:
        SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL OF TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

     B.   File Number:  811-4511

     C.   Telephone Number: (213) 741-5797

2.   A.   Street: 1150 SOUTH OLIVE STREET

     B.   City: LOS ANGELES    C. State:  CA  D. Zip Code: 90015   Zip Ext: 2211

     E.   Foreign Country:               Foreign Postal Code:


3.   Is   this   the    first    filing    on   this    form   by    Registrant?
     (Y/N)_________________________N

4.   Is   this    the    last    filing    on   this    form   by    Registrant?
     (Y/N)_________________________N

5.   Is   Registrant   a   small    business    investment    company    (SBIC)?
     (Y/N)________________N  [If  answer is "Y"  (Yes)  complete  only  items 89
     through 110.]

6.   Is      Registrant      a      unit      investment       trust      (UIT)?
     (Y/N)_____________________________Y  [If answer is "Y" (Yes)  complete only
     items 111-132.]

7.   A.   Is    Registrant   a   series   or   multiple    portfolio    company?
     (Y/N)________________N

     B.   How many separate series or portfolios did Registrant
                  have at the end of the period?___________________________ N/A

123. State the total value of the additional units considered in answering
     item 122 ($000's omitted)_______ $__________N/A

124. State the total value of units of prior series that were placed in the
     portfolios  of subsequent  series  during the current  period (the value of
these units is to be  measured  on the date they were  placed in the  subsequent
series ($000's omitted)______________ $_________________N/A

125. State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected (before reallowances
to other  brokers or  dealers) by  Registrant's  principal  underwriter  and any
underwriter  which is an affiliated person of the principal  underwriter  during
the current  period  solely  from the sale of units of all series of  Registrant
($000's omitted)_$45

126. Of the amount  shown in item 125,  state the total  dollar  amount of sales
     loads  collected from secondary  market  operations in  Registrant's  units
     (include  the sales  loads,  if any,  collected  on units of a prior series
     placed in the portfolio of a subsequent series.)
         ($000's omitted)_______N/A  $------

127. Life opposite the appropriate  description below the number of series whose
     portfolios are invested  primarily (based upon a percentage of NAV) in each
     type of security shown,  the aggregate total assets at market value as of a
     date at or neat the end of the current  period of each such group of series
     and the total income distributions made by each such group of series during
     the current period  (excluding  distributions  of realized  gains, if any):
     Total Total Number of Assets Distributions Series ($000's ($000's Investing
     omitted) omitted) A. U.S. Treasury direct issue__________ $ $

B.   U.S. Government
     agency____________                       $         $

C.   State and municipal
     tax-free___________                      $         $

D.   Public utility
     debt_____________                      $         $

E.   Brokers or dealers
     debt or debt of
     brokers' or dealers'
     parent_____________                       $         $

F.   All other corporate
     intermed. & long-term
     debt_________________                   $         $

G.   All other corporate
     short-term debt________                 $         $

H.   Equity securities of
     brokers or dealers
     or parents of
     brokers or dealers_______               $         $

I.   Investment company
     equity securities________

J.   All other equity
     securities___________                   $         $

K.   Other securities_______                 $                 $

L.   Total assets of all
     series of

     registrant_________            N/A    $15,843   $100


128. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the portfolio
     securities held by any of Registrant's series at the end of
         the current period insured or guaranteed by an entity other than the
         issuer? (Y/N)N/A

     [If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]

129. Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128 delinquent or in
     default as to payment of principal or interest at the end of
         the current period?  (Y/N) N/A

     [If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]

130. In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is any part of the
     value attributed to instruments identified in item 129
         derived from insurance or guarantees?  (Y/N) N/A

131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during the current
     reporting period ($000's omitted)  $172

132. List the "811 (Investment Company Act of 1940) registration number for
     all Series of Registrant that are being included in this
         filing:

     811-4511  811-      811-      811-      811-

     811-      811-      811-      811-      811-

     811-      811-      811-      811-      811-

     811-      811-      811-      811-      811-

This report is signed on behalf of the registrant (or depositor or trustee).

City of Los Angeles       State of California


Date:     May 30, 2000


Name of Registrant, Depositor, or Trustee:
Separate Account VL of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company


By:       __________________________________
          David M. Goldstein
          Vice President and
          Deputy General Counsel

Witness:  _________________________________
          Gina Grusman
          SEC Filing Coordinator