Italy confirms post-Brexit visa rules for British nationals

Me and my partner are in a similar scenario. We also arrived in early December but failed to apply for residency before the cut-off date. <br /><br />My understanding is that the 90 days starts from the 1st Jan. This was confirmed by an immigration solicitor. Here is their website - https://www.mazzeschi.it/<br /><br />They were very quick to reply so might be worth sending them an email yourself.<br /><br />

Does anyone know if the 90-day rule applies to UK citizens arriving before 31-Dec?<br /><br />Arrived in Italy early Dec and submitted residency app that is currently snarled up in bureaucracy and local uncertainty over policy.<br /><br />Next appointment is scheduled just over a week before I'd need to leave if 90 days counts from my arrival date.<br /><br />Hoping I can stay until at least 31 March to give this time to resolve but the back up plan is to return to UK and apply for the long-term visa so obviously want to avoid an overstay report.<br /><br />Can't seem to find any guidance on whether:<br />a) 90 days does apply and starts from when I arrived in EU<br />b) 90 days applies only from 1 January when I became a third-country national (so have until 31 Mar)<br />c) it doesn't apply because I arrived before Brexit as an EU citizen<br /><br />I will contact the consulate/FCO for their take on it but just wanted to check to see if anyone else has already checked the same scenario and what their answer was.<br />