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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040311152633
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000939057-04-000081
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040310
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040311

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041368
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				911838969
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WASHINGTON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		360-693-6650

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WASHINGTON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98660

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NELSON KAREN M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001214433

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22957
		FILM NUMBER:		04662875

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WASHINGTON ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3606936650

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 WASHINGTON ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			98660
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-03-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001041368</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RVSB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001214433</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NELSON KAREN M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>900 WASHINGTON ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 900</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VANCOUVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>WA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>98660</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-03-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>25046</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 574 shares owned indirectly through Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGTM) for the benefit of daughter, and 884 shares owned indirectly by son, which were previously reported as shares owned directly for son's benefit through UGTM.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Karen M. Nelson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-03-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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