As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 6, 2020
1933 Act Registration No. 333-184918
1940 Act Registration No. 811-22767
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-1A
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. __
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 24
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[X]
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and/or
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Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Amendment No. 26
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First Trust Exchange-Traded
Fund VII
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone
Number, including Area Code: (800) 621-1675
W. Scott Jardine, Esq., Secretary
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund
VII
First Trust Advisors L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Eric F. Fess, Esq.
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
(check appropriate box):
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] on __________ pursuant to
paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
[ ] this post-effective
amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
This Registration
Statement relates to First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF and First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund,
each a series of the Registrant.
Signatures
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets
all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized in the City of Wheaton,
and State of Illinois, on the 6th day of May, 2020.
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First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII
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By:
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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James M. Dykas, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ James M. Dykas
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President and Chief Executive
Officer
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May 6, 2020
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James M. Dykas
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/s/ Donald P. Swade
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Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Accounting Officer
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May 6, 2020
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Donald P. Swade
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James A. Bowen*
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Trustee )
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Richard E. Erickson*
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Trustee )
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Thomas R. Kadlec*
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Trustee )
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By:
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/s/ W. Scott Jardine
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Robert F. Keith*
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Trustee )
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W. Scott Jardine
Attorney-In-Fact
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May 6, 2020
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Niel B. Nielson *
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Trustee )
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Original powers of attorney authorizing James A. Bowen, W. Scott Jardine, James M. Dykas,
Eric F. Fess and Kristi A. Maher to execute Registrant's Registration Statement, and Amendments thereto, for each of the
trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Registration Statement is filed, were previously executed, filed as an
exhibit and are incorporated by reference herein.
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