# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000837010
**File Stem:** 0001133228-26-007827
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 3226
**Document Hash:** 7b2219647cdabff6204440a07025fa96
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001133228-26-007827.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001133228-26-007827

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260501

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260501

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Co
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000837010
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 710294708
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** CT
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-294118
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26930578

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ORANGE WAY
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095-4774
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 860-580-4646

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE ORANGE WAY
- **CITY:** WINDSOR
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06095-4774

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ING LIFE INSURANCE & ANNUITY CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020319

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AETNA LIFE INSURANCE & ANNUITY CO /CT
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Co (Series ID: S000101509)

| Class ID   | Class Name                      | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000271710 | Guaranteed Accumulation Account |  |

VOYA LETTERHEAD

LAW & COMPLIANCE/PRODUCT FILING UNIT<br> ONE ORANGE WAY<br> WINDSOR, CT 06094-4774

TAMARA SAVERINE

VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF COUNSEL – WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS

PHONE: (212) 309-8286 \| EMAIL: <u>TAMARA.SAVERINE@VOYA.COM</u>

May 1, 2026

**BY EDGARLINK**

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

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| **Re:** | **Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account C**<br> **Prospectus Title: Opportunity Plus – Multiple Option Group Variable Annuity Contracts and Guaranteed Accumulation Account**<br> **File No.: 333-294118\***<br> **Rule 497(j) Filing** |

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company and its Variable Annuity Account C, we hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The form of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule
497(c) would not have differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statement;
and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• The text of the most recent post-effective amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statement was
filed electronically by EDGARLink on April 22, 2026.

If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned at (212) 309-8286.

Sincerely,

/s/ Tamara Saverine

\* Pursuant to Rule 429(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, Registrant has included a combined prospectus under this Registration Statement which includes all the information which would currently be required in a prospectus relating to the securities covered by the following earlier Registration Statement: 033-75978.