Quite simply: This sounds like an issue of incompatibility for several reasons....
1. The main reason being the distance in which neither one of you really WANT to close the gap. It would be different if one of you actually wanted to live in the other's country, but it's not that way at all. You both have strong ties that are binding you where you are, and for either of you to give that up will create a rift of resentment within the relationship.
2. Your number one theme seems to be that you think he's too emotionally dependent on his parents. I'm telling you straight up, in blunt terms, that this is an issue that will not only cause problems in your relationship, but has the full force of power to completely rip it apart. I've seen it happen time and again. Some people are closer to their parents than others. (btw, a 30 year old man who has never lived more than a half an hour away from his parents is not in any way shape or form "odd." I'd say that probably describes like 80% of the people who are out there)
Relationships that START with a long distance phase are very hard to keep together. The reason is that you don't truly get to know one another until you are able to see each other on a regular basis (physically see each other....there is a huge difference between online interaction and real life interaction, and one of the KEY elements missing from your relationship is the consistent physical intimacy).
From an outside perspective it seems so obvious that you two are incompatible and either one of you abandoning your life to see what happens seems like an awfully big risk to undertake. If it fails, then what? Do you stay in a country you don't want to be in because moving back would be equally as large an upset in your life?
Relationships are not about sacrifices like this. This is an unrealistic sacrifice to make for a relationship, especially knowing just how many other men out there would make an equally good match for you and they are all right there in your own backyard if you can find them. Healthy relationships and healthy love is not about sacrificing your own needs for another person. It's about radiating the love that already exists within and for yourself and sharing that love with someone who is in a similar state with you, joining yourselves together, and then growing your love together from that point.
I won't say to "break up with him" advice (although it's what I'm thinking). I'll just say to think it through, decide what you truly want to do, and then do it.
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