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Form 485BXT First Trust Exchange-Tra

October 18, 2017 2:46 PM EDT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 2017
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                                            1933 Act Registration No. 333-176976
                                             1940 Act Registration No. 811-22245


                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                     [ ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. __                                              [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 83                                             [X]
                                     and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940             [ ]
Amendment No. 84                                                            [X]


                      FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III
               (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 III
                           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):

[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[X] on October 26, 2017 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:

[X] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a 
    previously filed post-effective amendment.





                  CONTENTS OF POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 83

      This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement comprises the
following papers and contents:

      The Facing Sheet

      The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the
Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 82, as it relates to First Trust
Municipal High Income ETF, a series of the Registrant, until October 26, 2017.
Parts A and B of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 under the
Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to First Trust Municipal High Income ETF, a
series of the Registrant, filed on October 5, 2017, are incorporated by
reference herein. Part C of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 27
under the Securities Act of 1933 as it relates to First Trust Municipal High
Income ETF, a series of the Registrant, filed on August 31, 2015, is also
incorporated by reference herein.

      Signatures





                                   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 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 18th day of October, 2017.

                                          FIRST TRUST EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND III


                                          By: /s/ James M. Dykas
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          James M. Dykas, President and Chief
                                          Executive Officer


      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                   TITLE                       DATE

                            President and Chief         October 18, 2017
/s/ James M. Dykas          Executive Officer
-------------------------
    James M. Dykas
                            Treasurer, Chief
                            Financial Officer and       October 18, 2017
/s/ Donald P. Swade         Chief Accounting Officer
-------------------------
    Donald P. Swade

                                             )
James A. Bowen*                      Trustee )
                                             )
                                             )
Richard E. Erickson*                 Trustee )
                                             )
                                             )        BY: /s/ W. Scott Jardine
Thomas R. Kadlec*                    Trustee )           -----------------------
                                             )           W. Scott Jardine
                                             )           Attorney-In-Fact
Robert F. Keith*                     Trustee )           October 18, 2017
                                             )
                                             )
Niel B. Nielson*                     Trustee )


*  Original powers of attorney authorizing 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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