Variability sets on Riemann surfaces and forgetful maps between Teichmüller spaces.
We classify Veech groups of tame non-compact flat surfaces. In particular we prove that all countable subgroups of ) avoiding the set of mappings of norm less than 1 appear as Veech groups of tame non-compact flat surfaces which are Loch Ness monsters. Conversely, a Veech group of any tame flat surface is either countable, or one of three specific types.