Form 485BXT ALLIANZ LIFE VARIABLE

485BXT

File Nos. 333-268826

Allianz Index Advantage+ Income

811-05618

Class ID: C000241221

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

Post-Effective Amendment No.

  6

X

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

Amendment No.

 618

X

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

ALLIANZ LIFE VARIABLE ACCOUNT B

(Exact Name of Registrant)

ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA

(Name of Depositor)

5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297

(Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(763) 765-7494

(Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

John P. Hite, Senior Counsel, Associate General Counsel

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

5701 Golden Hills Drive

Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check the appropriate box):

_____immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

__X___on May 1, 2024 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485

____60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

_____on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following:

___X__this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Approximate Date of the Proposed Public Offering: May 1, 2024

Titles of Securities Being Registered: Individual Flexible Purchase Payment Variable and Index-linked Deferred Annuity Contract

Parts A, B and C were filed in Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4 on December 20, 2023 and are incorporated by reference.

Pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, the sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 is to delay the effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 5, which was filed on March 14, 2024. The Post-Effective Amendment does not amend or delete the currently effective Prospectus, Supplements or Statement of Additional Information or any other part of the Registration Statement except as specifically noted herein. We will make a filing pursuant to Rule 485(b) at a future date which incorporates all staff comments and any required missing information or items.

Jasmine M. Jirele ⁽¹⁾

Director, President & Chief Executive Officer

Andreas G. Wimmer ⁽¹⁾

Director and Board Chair

William E. Gaumond⁽¹⁾

Director, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(principal accounting officer)

Howard E. Woolley⁽¹⁾

Director

Udo Frank⁽¹⁾

Director

Kevin E. Walker⁽¹⁾

Director

Walter R. White⁽¹⁾

Director

Lauren Kathryn Day⁽¹⁾

Director