A door handle apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a frame member configured to be assembled on a door outer panel that constitutes an outer surface of a vehicle door; a handle body including an arm portion that extends towards the frame member and that includes a handle shaft portion, the handle body being rotatable relative to the frame member at the handle shaft portion; a bearing member assembled on the frame member and holding the handle shaft portion of the handle body, the bearing member being made of resin, the bearing member including first and second holding portions arranged away from each other in a rotation axis direction of the handle shaft portion that is held at the bearing member and the first and second holding portions defining a holding void for holding the handle shaft portion, the first and second holding portions retaining the handle shaft portion at the holding void, the bearing member being supported at the frame member in a state where the bearing member is rotatable between an assembly completion position at which a disengagement of the handle shaft portion from the holding void is restricted and an assembly ready position at which the disengagement of the handle shaft portion from the holding void is inhibited from being restricted, and a holding release inhibition mechanism (140, 150) inhibiting a release of a state where the handle shaft portion is held at the holding void by restricting an operation of at least one of the first and second holding portions in a case where the handle body receives a load in a predetermined direction along an extending direction of the handle body while the bearing member is at the assembly completion position. a frame member configured to be assembled on a door outer panel that constitutes an outer surface of a vehicle door; a handle body including an arm portion that extends towards the frame member and that includes a handle shaft portion, the handle body being rotatable relative to the frame member at the handle shaft portion; a bearing member assembled on the frame member and holding the handle shaft portion of the handle body, the bearing member being made of resin, the bearing member including first and second holding portions arranged away from each other in a rotation axis direction of the handle shaft portion that is held at the bearing member and the first and second holding portions defining a holding void for holding the handle shaft portion, the first and second holding portions retaining the handle shaft portion at the holding void, the bearing member being supported at the frame member in a state where the bearing member is rotatable between an assembly completion position at which a disengagement of the handle shaft portion from the holding void is restricted and an assembly ready position at which the disengagement of the handle shaft portion from the holding void is inhibited from being restricted, and a holding release inhibition mechanism (140, 150) inhibiting a release of a state where the handle shaft portion is held at the holding void by restricting an operation of at least one of the first and second holding portions in a case where the handle body receives a load in a predetermined direction along an extending direction of the handle body while the bearing member is at the assembly completion position.