An automotive headlamp apparatus comprising: a first lamp unit capable of forming a first high beam distribution pattern which has an illuminated region and a non-illuminated region side by side horizontally in areas above cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of a low beam distribution pattern; a second lamp unit capable of forming a second high beam distribution pattern which has an illuminated region and a non-illuminated region side by side horizontally in areas above cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of a low beam distribution pattern, wherein a boundary between the illuminated region and the non-illuminated region is dislocated horizontally from a boundary between the illuminated region and the non-illuminated region in the first high beam distribution pattern; and a control unit for controlling the formation of the first high beam distribution pattern and the second high beam distribution pattern based on positional information on a vehicle-in-front obtained by a vehicle detecting unit (160, 164, 166) and wherein the first high beam distribution pattern has a non-illuminated region in a middle part of areas above the cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of the low beam distribution pattern and an illuminated region on each side of the non-illuminated region, and wherein the second high beam distribution pattern has a non-illuminated region, which is of a different width from the non-illuminated region of the first high beam distribution pattern, in a middle part of areas above the cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of the low beam distribution pattern and an illuminated region on each side of the non-illuminated region characterised in that the first lamp unit is provided with a light source and a first shade which has a protruding part, in a middle part, protruding vertically relative to a vehicle width direction and which is configured to form the first high beam distribution pattern by partially shielding light directed from the light source, wherein the second lamp unit is provided with a light source and a second shade which has a protruding part, in a middle part, protruding vertically relative to the vehicle width direction and which is configured to form the second high beam distribution pattern by partially shielding light directed from the light source, the width of the protruding part of the second shade being wider than the width of the protruding part of the first shade, and wherein the control unit is configured to form the second high beam distribution pattern when the vehicle-in-front is relatively close, and to form the first high beam distribution pattern when the vehicle-in-front is relatively far. a first lamp unit capable of forming a first high beam distribution pattern which has an illuminated region and a non-illuminated region side by side horizontally in areas above cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of a low beam distribution pattern; a second lamp unit capable of forming a second high beam distribution pattern which has an illuminated region and a non-illuminated region side by side horizontally in areas above cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of a low beam distribution pattern, wherein a boundary between the illuminated region and the non-illuminated region is dislocated horizontally from a boundary between the illuminated region and the non-illuminated region in the first high beam distribution pattern; and a control unit for controlling the formation of the first high beam distribution pattern and the second high beam distribution pattern based on positional information on a vehicle-in-front obtained by a vehicle detecting unit (160, 164, 166) and wherein the first high beam distribution pattern has a non-illuminated region in a middle part of areas above the cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of the low beam distribution pattern and an illuminated region on each side of the non-illuminated region, and wherein the second high beam distribution pattern has a non-illuminated region, which is of a different width from the non-illuminated region of the first high beam distribution pattern, in a middle part of areas above the cutoff lines (CL1, CL2, CL3) of the low beam distribution pattern and an illuminated region on each side of the non-illuminated region characterised in that the first lamp unit is provided with a light source and a first shade which has a protruding part, in a middle part, protruding vertically relative to a vehicle width direction and which is configured to form the first high beam distribution pattern by partially shielding light directed from the light source, wherein the second lamp unit is provided with a light source and a second shade which has a protruding part, in a middle part, protruding vertically relative to the vehicle width direction and which is configured to form the second high beam distribution pattern by partially shielding light directed from the light source, the width of the protruding part of the second shade being wider than the width of the protruding part of the first shade, and wherein the control unit is configured to form the second high beam distribution pattern when the vehicle-in-front is relatively close, and to form the first high beam distribution pattern when the vehicle-in-front is relatively far.